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Abu Dhabi is in the process of establishing net metering regulations for small-scale solar in the region.

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).

ACWA Power has closed financing on a 60MW project in Jordan.

A radical Saudi Arabian government reshuffle reaffirms its 9.5GW renewable energy target by 2023, according to the Apricum Cleantech Advisory.

Developers including Italy’s Enel Green Power and Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and Abdul Latif Jameel (ALJ) have pulled out of the running for the upcoming 350MW solar tender in Abu Dhabi.

German solar company Planet in Green has won a 100MW project in Iran.

The Saudi Electric Company (SEC) has opened a 100MW solar tender.

Three Saudi Arabian developers are thought to have put in the lowest bids for a public bid opening of the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy's (MASEN) Noor PV I scheme – a tender to select an IPP to develop three PV plants with an aggregate capacity of 170MW.

German solar developer Conergy is extending its presence in the Middle East and North Africa.

European companies have dominated the list of prequalified companies for Abu Dhabi’s 350MW solar tender.