The first modules are set to roll off the production line at SolarCity's pilot factory in Fremont, California later this month, and they will be installed on rooftops and generating power for the company no later than November, a spokesman tells Recharge.

In mid-2014, SolarCity stunned the PV industry when it announced it would acquire Silevo, a high-efficiency PV technology start-up based nearby in California, and race toward a 1GW module factory in upstate New York.

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