HydroGraph Clean Power recently announced a “key milestone” toward expanding its business into the US.
The publicly traded Vancouver-born cleantech firm officially unveiled its U.S. headquarters—situated in Austin, Texas—at an event featuring Congressman John Carter, congressional staff, industry leaders, and strategic partners.
“Central Texas has always been a place where big ideas become real-world solutions,” stated Carter. “I’m pleased to welcome HydroGraph home to Texas, where they can continue their innovative research, support America’s warfighters, and make an immense impact on the aerospace, infrastructure, and advanced manufacturing industries.”
HydroGraph’s flagship product is the Hyperion Reactor, which utilizes a patented process to convert domestically sourced hydrocarbon feedstocks into pristine synthetic graphene.
Graphene is 200 times stronger than steel yet, at just one atom thick, remains flexible and stretchy.
Graphene can also conduct electricity at 1000 times the capacity of copper, with electrons moving through the material at nearly light speed. In addition, graphene is impermeable, which means hydrogen atoms cannot penetrate its structure.
The Austin facility is designed to provide up to 30 tons per year of pristine graphene production capacity to support HydroGraph’s commercialization and customer engagement efforts across a range of industrial applications.
“The United States is seeing increasing investment in advanced materials manufacturing, and HydroGraph intends to be a leader in supplying the ultra-pure graphene that next-generation industries require,” remarked chief executive officer Kjirstin Breure.
Graphene is expected to play an important role in advanced manufacturing and national security applications, according to HydroGraph, which “increased its federal focused advocacy throughout 2026.”
The company has even gone so far as to call on the U.S. government to designate graphene a “critical material” under the Defense Production Act in order to ensure prioritization of domestic supply as a matter of national interest.
“Our investment in Texas positions HydroGraph to meet growing demand while helping establish a secure domestic supply chain for advanced graphene materials,” Breure stated.