Latest Climate & Energy News Today: 13 November 2026

Uniper and VNG produced their first green hydrogen at a 30 MW electrolyzer facility in Bad Lauchstädt, Germany, using power from a connected wind farm. The site is entering a testing phase, with hydrogen to be moved through a converted 25 km pipeline to TotalEnergies' Leuna refinery, with deliveries starting in 2027. The project aims to demonstrate an integrated hydrogen value chain.

Energy China has shortlisted 23 manufacturers for its 2026 centralized procurement of 15 GW of solar modules, including LONGi, Tongwei, JinkoSolar, JA Solar and Trina Solar. The tender covers 10.7 GW of TOPCon modules, 1 GW of HJT modules and 3.3 GW of back-contact modules, with shortlisted bids from CNY 0.695 to CNY 0.779 per watt. JinkoSolar said it is among the first to secure certification under two mandatory Chinese standards.

An analysis by the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition found 103 groups linked to fossil fuel interests at Cop31 in Antalya, including 60 fossil fuel industry bodies and 16 financial companies. The delegations outnumber those of some vulnerable countries; Nepal, which suffered a deadly glacier collapse, has just a sixth of the delegates of these groups. Advocates want better transparency and conflict of interest disclosures.

Scientists say a historic El Niño has officially reached Monterey Bay, with record-smashing high tides, rapidly rising water temperatures and disappearing parts of the marine food web. Beaches show dead sea lions, kelp and bird remains, while unusual species such as whale sharks, Humboldt squid and juvenile garibaldi have been seen. The changes are compounding stress from the climate crisis and extreme marine heatwaves.

Malaysia will keep residential solar rebates available to approved applicants under its SuRIA Home programme into 2027, Minister Fadillah Yusof said. Households can receive MYS 600 per kW of installed solar capacity, up to MYS 3,000 for a 5 kW system, and those with unfinished installations can keep rebates if systems are installed by March 2027. The programme has MYS 90 million remaining and had supported 12,374 households as of September 15.

Norway has agreed to buy up to 12 million tonnes of emission reductions from new renewable projects in Indonesia under a ten-year carbon credit agreement. Signed by the Global Green Growth Institute for Norway and Indonesian state-owned utility PLN, it operates under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. It builds on an earlier framework and aims to shift Indonesia's electricity mix away from coal, which covers more than 70% of production.

Türkiye's Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and China's National Energy Administration signed a memorandum of understanding worth about $15 billion for new renewable energy installations and electricity infrastructure in Türkiye. Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said it aims to implement 7 GW of solar and wind, storage systems and 4 GW of transmission infrastructure, supporting Türkiye's 2040 energy vision.

Osaka Gas Marketing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Osaka Gas, has agreed to acquire all shares of Truach, a residential solar and battery installer founded in Nara in 2021. Truach will become Osaka Gas Marketing's first wholly owned subsidiary and be renamed Daigas Truach on April 1, 2027. Osaka Gas said demand for home solar, batteries and vehicle-to-home systems is rising in Japan, and the deal builds on its push into home storage.

Mexico's state power company CFE raised planned investment to $10.6 billion for 38 renewable projects developed with private partners. The portfolio includes 8,026 MW of renewable capacity and more than 2,500 MW of storage, according to Director General Emilia Calleja Alor. Under the mixed investment model, CFE holds 54%, private partners hold 46%, and CFE will buy 70% of the electricity generated.

ReNew Energy plans to invest about INR 80,000 crore ($8.9 billion) in digital infrastructure and clean energy manufacturing in Andhra Pradesh. The package includes a 1 GW green hyperscale data center in Anakapalli and polysilicon and metallurgical silicon facilities in Anakapalli and Nellore. The silicon plants will strengthen India's domestic solar manufacturing supply chain and complement ReNew's existing 6.5 GW ingot and wafer facility.

Ecuador has set a 0% value added tax and a 0% tax on foreign currency outflows for certain electricity sector equipment, including solar PV and energy storage systems. Executive Decree 530, signed by President Daniel Noboa and published on Nov. 11, took effect on Nov. 12. The measures cover equipment for solar, wind, hydropower, thermal and geothermal generation, as well as storage, transmission and distribution systems.

Heliene and Caelux have started commercial-scale production of perovskite-silicon tandem solar modules at Heliene's Minnesota facility. The modules layer Caelux's Energy Producing Glass, made in Baldwin Park, California, over silicon modules, with efficiencies of 27% or more. The companies have a long-term multi-gigawatt agreement and target 29% module efficiency by 2028.

Research across six European cities suggests children's PAH exposure from home wood-burning could be as significant as traffic exhaust. The highest PAH levels were in Colchester and Athens, where wood-burning is widespread, while Barcelona and Lisbon, where it is not practised, had the lowest. In Colchester and Athens, PAH exposure exceeded World Health Organization guidelines, though no city exceeded unacceptable lifetime cancer risk limits.

Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA, said at Cop31 in Turkey that the world is now in the age of electricity, with fossil fuels no longer the dominant energy source. The agency expects about 12,000 gigawatts of electricity to be added in the next decade, more than twice the roughly 5,000 gigawatts added in the last decade. A resolution to derive 35% of final energy from electricity by 2035 is on the table as a key decarbonisation step.

Scientists say Indonesia's fiercest fires in at least a decade were amplified by El Niño, fossil fuel warming and land change. The blazes have burned almost 3 million hectares and produced smog blamed for 400,000 respiratory infections. El Niño added 0.3C and cut rainfall by about 50%, while global heating raised temperatures by 1.6C from August to October.

Senate Republicans began on November 11 the process to jam the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 through the Senate, after Democrats called for amendments. Trump said he would not approve wind projects, even though the draft permitting legislation he endorsed seeks to speed up energy projects, including wind. Sierra Club praised improvements in the manager's amendment but called for a robust amendment process to fix flaws.

At an EPA public hearing in Indianapolis, residents spoke against Indiana's proposed coal ash permitting program, which would replace federal protections with weaker statewide rules. The EPA is also proposing to approve the state agency's application without weighing its record of coal ash contamination. Indiana has more than 100 coal ash landfills and ponds at more than 20 plant sites, holding about 134 million cubic yards of toxic ash.

A research brief from NRDC, coauthored with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, says Nevada's workplace heat standard lacks the temperature triggers used in other states. It argues that heat complaints from Nevada workers show clear temperature thresholds can guide safeguards such as water, rest, shade and acclimatization. The brief urges other states to use those lessons as climate change lengthens and intensifies hot seasons.