Winning bidders include three councils across Yorkshire and the West Midlands

Six bidders will share £660,000 match funding from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, for gas refuelling or electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects.

The six include a private business in Essex, three councils across Yorkshire and the West Midlands, a public body co-ordinating transport in Merseyside and a community group on the Isle of Lewis.

The bidders are all winners in the latest round of support from the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Grant Programme.

The funding is in addition to the £500,000 already committed by the Department for Transport earlier in the year.

Business Minister Mark Prisk said: "This funding is part of our commitment to build a low-carbon economy which will boost economic growth as well as help meet our ambitious climate change targets."

Further information:
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills