  We define the notion of critical points at infinity for the charged N-body
problem, following the approach of Albouy 1993. We give a characterisation of
such points and show how they can be found in the charged 3-body problem. The
symmetry group of the N-body problem and accompanying integrals play a key
role. In fact critical points at infinity are indispensible in understanding
the bifurcations of the integral map. Together with the critical points at
infinity in the charged 3-body problem, we present the bifurcation values.
