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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam

Australian researchers claim ‘giant leap’ in technology to produce affordable renewable hydrogen

Hysata chief executive officer Paul Barrett and chief technical officer Gerry Swiegers at the company’s Wollongong facility, Australia
Hysata chief executive officer Paul Barrett and chief technology officer Gerry Swiegers with the company’s capillary-fed electrolysis cell. Photograph: Mark Newsham

Australian researchers claim to have made a “giant leap” in lifting the efficiency of electrolysers, bringing forward the time when green hydrogen will be competitive with fossil fuels as an energy source.

Hysata, a company using technology developed at the University of Wollongong, said its patented capillary-fed electrolysis cells achieve 95% efficiency, meaning little wastage, beating by about one-quarter the levels of current technology.

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