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Zambia plans another 500MW of renewables auctions, NTPC installs robot cleaners, aleo and DC Solar install commercial system in US, GE Renewable Energy equips first US commercial solar-wind hybrid project and Soltage brings a 3.7MW solar project online in Massachusetts.

IFC, part of the World Bank Group, will invest US$125 million in Indian renewable energy firm Hero Future Energies, which is an arm of Hero Group.

EDF Renewable Energy has signed a 20-year PPA with MCE for the 186MW Desert Harvest Solar Project in Southern California.

India’s largest utility, NTPC, has issued a tender for a 3.5MW wind and solar hybrid project to be located at its Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project in the state of Karnataka.

The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has released a draft document outlining its plans for 3GW of wind and solar hybrid projects by 2019/20.

Northern Ireland-headquartered renewable energy firm DP Energy has received approval to develop a AU$680 million (US$519 million) major renewable energy park in South Australia involving wind and solar capacity.

Australia-based renewables firm Windlab and Japan’s Eurus energy have received development approval for a hybrid project comprising 20MW solar, 30MW wind and a 2MW lithium-ion battery storage system in Queensland, Australia.

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) will soon tender for utility-scale solar-plus-storage projects in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

The World Bank's groundbreaking US$1 billion loan for Indian solar will partly focus on improving transmission for solar parks and innovation in wind and energy storage hybrids, according to a senior government official.

German PV company IBC Solar has partnered with DHYBRID Power Systems to capitalise on their respective competencies in order to emerge as a market-leading provider of diesel-PV hybrid systems.