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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Peter Hannam

Australian hydrogen company boss joins PM on Biden visit to explore US clean energy opportunities

Dr Paul Barrett (L) , Chief Executive Officer and Dr Gerry Swiegers,(R) Chief Technical Officer, at Hysata’s Wollongong Facility
Hysata CEO Paul Barrett (left) is accompanying Anthony Albanese on his US visit to explore opportunities for the green hydrogen electrolyser company. Photograph: Mark Newsham

The chief executive of an Australian company that builds commercial-scale electrolysers to split water into hydrogen and oxygen will join a business delegation accompanying the prime minister’s four-day official visit to the US to explore clean energy opportunities created by the Biden administration’s US$369bn Inflation Reduction Act.

Paul Barrett, the chief executive of Hysata, says the company expects to ramp up to as much as one gigawatt of capacity annually within years.

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