European funds for recovery and resilience – Together towards the goal: greater use of alternative fuels
According to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, 7,537 electric passenger cars and light commercial vehicles were registered in Slovenia in 2021. These include battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and hydrogen-powered vehicles. By the end of June 2026, the total number of such registered vehicles had risen to 39,298. The network of publicly accessible charging infrastructure is also expanding. In 2021, Slovenia had 545 publicly accessible charging points; today, the number has risen to 4,665.
Slovenia has also encouraged greater use of alternative fuels, thereby promoting sustainable mobility, through measures under its Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). Using EU funding made available to Member States to support recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, in cooperation with other ministries, local communities and businesses, implemented one reform measure and two investment measures to increase the use of alternative fuels.
Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure – reform
As part of the reform, the Act Regulating Alternative Fuels Infrastructure and Promoting the Transition to Alternative Fuels in Transport was adopted.
The Act established a system for the strategic planning and deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, integrated the transport sector into the electricity system and put in place a funding framework for zero-emission transport.
The milestone relating to the entry into force of the Act formed part of the second request for payment, which was disbursed by the European Commission in December 2023.
Promoting the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure in transport – investments
The aim of the first investment measure was to promote the use of alternative fuels in transport. A total of 473 charging points for zero-emission vehicles were provided through the implementation of 16 projects. They were also entered in the national register of charging points. Of these, 337 are publicly accessible, while 136 are intended for use by state authorities, primarily the Police.
Up to EUR 7.04 million in grants from the Recovery and Resilience Facility was earmarked for this investment under the RRP. The target relating to the registration of charging points was included in the final request for payment under the Facility, which Slovenia sent to Brussels on 29 September 2026.
The second investment measure to promote alternative fuels infrastructure in transport was one of Slovenia's RRP activities contributing to the objectives of the REPowerEU plan to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and accelerate the green transition.
The objective of the REPowerEU investment was to accelerate sustainable mobility through zero-emission vehicles and provide additional charging points for electric vehicles and refuelling facilities for hydrogen-powered vehicles. Under the REPowerEU investment, a further 838 publicly accessible charging points were provided through the implementation of 27 projects. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy approved co-funding for more than 7,900 electric vehicles, including over 5,400 for natural persons and 2,500 for legal persons. In addition, three battery-electric buses and two hydrogen-powered buses were provided under the Ljubljana Public Transport (LPP) project.
Up to EUR 57.83 million in grants from the Facility was earmarked for this investment under the RRP.
