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In this week's Movers & Shakers, PV Tech reports some recent industry mergers and acquisitions, dramatic UK solar job losses and an equally dramatic opportunity for job growth in the US with Tesla's new Gigafactory in Nevada.

Integrated PV module manufacturer SolarWorld has reported flat revenue and shipments for the second quarter of 2016, compared with the previous quarter.

Solar has been removed from participating in Brazil’s first renewables auction this year while the second auction has been delayed to 16 December.

Nevada’s largest utility, NV Energy, made a filing yesterday with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission to return existing rooftop solar consumers to the previous, more favourable rates for the next 20 years.

Minnesota Power tendering 300MW PV, more Brazilian states have exempted the ICMS tax on net metering, the WTO Appellate will rule on India/US solar trade case in September,

SolarWorld has issued a defiant statement in response to it being ordered to pay damages amounting to US$763.5 million.

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has dismissed Fitch warnings that proposed net metering could damage the creditworthiness of utilities as “old news and bad analysis”.

The proposed final judgement in SolarWorld's case with Hemlock has been set at US$793 million plus costs and interest.

Akuo Energy issues second Green Bond, Wind and Solar hybrid ready to build in Australia, Phoenix awarded Texas EPC contract.

DuPont, an industry leader in high-performance materials for photovoltaic panels, shares best practices for solar array design, component selection and long-term maintenance.