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Brazil’s vice president Geraldo Alckmin said the carbon market could surge by 5% the GDP of the country and bring in USD 120 billion by 2030.

Google has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to purchase solar energy in the Netherlands.

The large Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm has produced the first electricity, said the companies running the project on Monday.

After a 40-year effort, global installed wind power capacity reached 1 TW in June, but 2 TW will likely be realized in less than seven years.

Uber, the American ride-hailing company, announced that customers will soon be able to track emissions avoided when choosing greener rides and have the option of shared rides in more cities to further reduce CO2 emissions.

France-based Air Liquide has inked a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with China Three Gorges Renewables and China Three Gorges Corporation Jiangsu Branch, subsidiaries of China Three Gorges, one of China’s largest producers and retailers of renew

More than 2.2 million tonnes of carbon credits were sold on June 14 at an auction organized by the Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Co. in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the Saudi firm said.　

Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) said on June 13 that it has chosen seven candidate projects which capture CO2 and store it underground to offer support for commercialization to build up Japan's decarbonization push.

French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to provide all the electricity generated from the 1 GW Mirny wind farm in Kazakhstan to the state-run Financial Settlement Center of Renewable Energy.

The European Commission is working on plans to speed up investment in capturing and storing CO2 emissions, it said on June 9, as the bloc prepares to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050.