On Friday 28 July 2023, the Luxembourg Ministry of Energy and Spatial Planning and the Ministry of the Economy announced they will subsidise a total of 246 charging stations, including 180 private terminals and 67 accessible to the public (their total load capacity is 20,784 kW).
Following the second call for projects granting financial aid to companies investing in charging infrastructure projects for electric vehicles, 20 projects for the installation of 246 new charging stations were selected. The companies concerned will benefit from a subsidy of up to 50% of their investment. Each charging infrastructure is characterised by a charging capacity which is at least equal to 175 kW.
Spread across the Grand Duchy, the 20 projects selected were submitted by seventeen companies, including service stations, shopping centres, artisans and industrial companies. The total amount of aid granted by the State within the framework of this call for projects is €5 million.
The Luxembourg Minister for Energy, Claude Turmes, expressed his delight with the outcome of this second call for tenders: "The very encouraging results of this call for projects are further proof that Luxembourg companies are ready to take up the challenge of electromobility. These 246 terminals spread across the country are an important contribution to the densification of the charging infrastructure, necessary to accelerate the development of electromobility in Luxembourg.”
In addition to the new financial assistance for companies for the acquisition of zero-emission heavy commercial vehicles launched in April 2023, the next call for projects will also be open to companies wishing to invest in charging infrastructure projects dedicated to heavy commercial vehicles (categories N2 and N3). This call for projects will run from 15 September to 15 November 2023, and will allow an aid intensity of up to 70%.
Another call for projects, open to any type of infrastructure and with a maximum aid intensity of 50%, will also be launched from 1 December 2023 to 1 February 2024.
There is another aid scheme reserved for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which comes under, like calls for projects, the plan for the recovery and resilience of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as approved by the European Commission on 18 June 2021. On request, SMEs can benefit from a subsidy of up to 50% of the costs linked to the charging stations and up to 60% of the costs linked to the connection to the electrical network. This aid is capped at €60,000 for the costs of connection to the electricity network and €40,000 for other costs related to the deployment per company.
The Luxembourg Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, commented: “This second call for projects, the two other calls for projects to come, as well as the various financial aid schemes put in place, fully support companies in their transition to the electromobility. I am delighted with the success of the call for projects, proof that companies are committed to the green transition by contributing to the decarbonisation of transport and the government's efforts for more sustainable mobility in Luxembourg. Ultimately, companies that opt for such infrastructures and make sustainable investments will be more competitive.”
