Author: Arnes Biogradlija

Arnes Biogradlija is the founder and Editor in Chief of EnergyNews.biz, which he launched in 2021 to separate energy transition realities from fairy tales. He writes data driven analysis on hydrogen, energy storage, small modular reactors, grids and industrial policy, and leads the Energy Talks interview series. EnergyNews.biz reporting has been cited more than 100 times by the International Energy Agency.

After obtaining new funding, the West Midlands is expected to operate the UK’s largest hydrogen bus fleet. The region will receive 124 new buses as part of a switchover funded by the Department for Transport. 24 new vehicles will be articulated tram-style buses that will operate on a new bus priority route connecting Walsall, Birmingham, and Solihull. It follows a previous £50 million investment to transform Coventry into the UK’s first all-electric bus city. The cash complements private bus industry investment over the next three years to expedite the transition away from diesel buses and toward cleaner, greener vehicles, according…

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Global Energy Ventures has secured essential regulatory clearances to begin planning for the construction of a massive green hydrogen production and export facility on aboriginal territory off the coast of Darwin in the Northern Territory. GEV intends to build a 2.8 GW solar photovoltaic array, a 30km transmission line, and a green hydrogen and manufacturing facility on Melville Island, the larger of the two Tiwi Islands. GEV has continued to obtain cooperation from Munupi landowners and the Tiwi Plantation Corporation, with several approvals recently granted to allow the company to complete its submission to the EPA. Consultants will be permitted…

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