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In this week's Movers & Shakers, PV Tech reports mostly on good news, with new appointments in sales, public policy, asset management and business development. However, Texas' Mission Solar Energy has announced its second wave of big job cuts - this time slashing 170 jobs as the company realigns its objectives to purely module assembly.

British and Spanish-owned solar company PS Renewables has responded to the growth of its development business in the north east of America by opening a new office in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

The intense competition in the European O&M sector is driving down quality putting some solar investments at risk.

PARI Group, a number of energy saving and renewable energy businesses, has signed a letter of intent with Germany’s Renusol to acquire its European solar mounting business assets.

A Dutch port has opened what is claimed to be the largest solar farm in The Netherlands.

Renewable energy management platform QOS Energy has raised €3 million from two independent equity investors.

In this week's Movers & Shakers, PV Tech focuses on employment news within German and US energy companies; featuring energy storage, solar cell manufacturing and EPC.

European sustainable energy innovation company InnoEnergy has invested €2 million in solar wafer epitaxial growth technology by NexWafe that increases the efficiency of solar cell manufacturing.

The European Commission has unveiled a package of policy proposals that would transform the continent’s energy market.

In this week's Movers & Shakers, PV Tech reports on employment happenings across the globe in Europe, the US and the Middle East. ACWA Power creates a new clean energy division, the executive director of the IEA wins a prize and 8minutenergy's general counsel is appointed to the US Department of Commerce's Renewable Energy and Efficiency Advisory Committee (REEEAC).