Australian Clean Energy Billionaire Meets With Biden, Manchin Over Hydrogen

Andrew Forrest, Chairman, Minderoo Foundation speaks at The 2017 Concordia Annual Summit at Grand Hyatt New York on Sept. 19, 2017, in New York. Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit

Australia iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest has met with U.S. President Joe Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to discuss the future of hydrogen power.

On April 3, Australia’s richest man spent an hour at the White House with Biden in a working meeting involving the commander-in-chief and his senior officials to discuss his ongoing plan to sell green energy to the United States.