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The impact on the cost and availability of finance for solar projects in the wake of a successful Paris summit could be profound, writes John Parnell.

Bosses of companies including HSBC Holdings, Microsoft, Nestlé, Dow Chemical Company have signed an open letter urging for action on climate change.

Investment in clean energy surged in emerging economies during 2014, the Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) Climatescope report has found.

Leading US installer SolarCity is raising US$113 million through a bond sale to technology investor, Silver Lake Kraftwerk, the company's chairman, Elon Musk, and CEO Lyndon Rive.