Developers have until 4 September to apply for qualification, and will judged based on their development experience and financial wherewithal.

Qualified applicants will then be expected to bid on projects from January 2015, with winners to be selected in August 2015.

Of the 540MW of renewables capacity up for grabs, 300MW is dedicated to wind and 140MW to solar PV. A second call will be opened in 2016, and if there is any unallocated capacity, a third will follow after that.

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