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<p>The purpose of the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund is to catalyse private
sector investment into the electric vehicle chargepoint network. Electric vehicle
infrastructure is at a different stage of market development to hydrogen and currently
has sufficient viable commercial propositions which is suitable for investments of
this type.</p><p>The government is committed to introducing appropriately targeted
interventions in hydrogen to support its growth as a transport fuel in the UK. The
government has allocated £30m funding to increase the uptake of hydrogen fuel cell
vehicles and roll out more cutting edge infrastructure – part of this funding has
now been awarded to a successful consortium bid which will see additional hydrogen
refuelling stations being built as well as upgrades to existing refuelling infrastructure.
In addition, government funding has supported the opening of the UK’s first integrated
forecourt hydrogen refuelling station at the Shell Beaconsfield site, making it the
first location in the country selling hydrogen fuel as well as petrol and diesel.</p>
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