Romania plans to enhance the national infrastructure for alternative fuels in road vehicles, which includes the installation of at least 30,000 recharging points by mid-2026, EU Commissioner for Transport Adina Vălean announced at a sustainable mobility event in Bucharest on Thursday.
“In the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, there are outlined projects aimed at developing the national infrastructure for alternative fuels in road vehicles, with a specific emphasis on installing a minimum of 30,000 recharging points by mid-2026”, Vălean said.
She mentioned ongoing discussions within the European Commission regarding the definition of eligibility criteria for alternative fuels considered sustainable.
The projects will be financed from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), Agerpres reported.
Vălean expressed the hope for broader acceptance of a variety of biofuels to increase their share, along with synthetic fuels. She emphasised the necessity of this diversity to meet carbon emission reduction targets.
The EU, according to the transport commissioner, needs to maintain and develop sustainable liquid alternatives to alternative fuels so that “we can benefit from major economies of scale by using existing pipelines and fueling infrastructure so that we can decarbonise existing car fleets faster, to reduce the costs of the transition”.
Romania has approximately €12 billion earmarked for transport, and Adina Vălean emphasised that these European funds extend beyond traditional infrastructure.
“We finance innovative solutions across the entire logistics chain, encompassing recharging stations, intelligent traffic management systems, secure digitised truck parking, and multimodal cargo or passenger terminals. Over €1.6 billion have been reserved, for example, to finance recharging station projects”.
Romania has submitted five projects under the funding program for recharging stations.
(Cătălina Mihai | Euractiv.ro)
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