AFP–The Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition and the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (Ademe) have selected 11 hydrogen mobility projects eligible for public financial support.

The call for projects “Hydrogen mobility ecosystems”, launched in October, is “a real success” and translates “an unprecedented interest in the deployment of hydrogen,” welcomed the Ministry and Ademe in a statement published Friday evening.

Currently, 24 projects in all metropolitan regions have been submitted, representing a potential investment of € 475 million, of which 11 have been selected.

Successful projects will now be thoroughly evaluated to determine the amount of public support that will be provided.

These projects concern the setting up of captive fleets of hydrogen vehicles (cars, buses, light and heavy goods vehicles, refuse collection trucks) or the establishment of hydrogen distribution stations and production facilities. ‘hydrogen.

This call for projects remains open until 18 October and will benefit from a second survey.

The ministry and Ademe also recall that another call for projects on hydrogen was launched in February 2019. Dedicated to projects for the production and supply of low-carbon hydrogen for industrial customers, it is equipped with 50 millions of euros and open until 18 June.

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