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

Paul Barrett says company working to produce commercial-scale electrolysers could achieve one gigawatt of capacity within years

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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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