Johnson Matthey to build £80m fuel cell gigafactory
Johnson Matthey (JM) is investing £80m into a UK gigafactory to scale up the manufacture of hydrogen fuel cell components.
The gigafactory - supported by the UK government through the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) - will have an initial annual capability to manufacture 3GW of proton exchange membranes (PEM).
In a statement, Liam Condon, chief executive of Johnson Matthey said: “Decarbonising freight transportation is critical to help societies and industries meet their ambitious net zero emission targets – fuel cells will be a crucial part of the energy transition. For more than two decades, JM has been at the forefront of fuel cell innovation. The fuel cell market has now reached a pivotal moment with the increasing urgency to decarbonise transportation and today marks the next step of the journey to a low-carbon future in the UK.”
According to the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), the UK will need 14GW of fuel cell stack production and 400,000 high pressure carbon fibre tanks annually to meet local vehicle production demands by 2035.
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