A project aiming to generate £250m of investment into a research and innovation hub in Greater Manchester, which is expected to create more than 1,000 skilled jobs in the region, has been unveiled by the UK Government as part of a partnership with Saudi Arabia. 

Graphene Innovation Manchester (GIM) will today (9 December 2024) announce the launch of the world’s first commercial production of graphene-enriched carbon fibre, with Saudi Arabia’s NEOM Giga-Project – a groundbreaking step forward in environmentally sustainable advanced materials.

The plans were announced as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer heads to the Gulf to pursue closer ties with United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia this week.

The project will deliver hydrogen buses, trucks, critical components and other elements of hydrogen production and distribution, while removing more than 25 million tons of transport-related CO2 over the lifetime of the project. 

The UK and Saudi Arabia are working together to establish a new Joint International Institute for Clean Hydrogen.

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