With the core and shell of the 1.2 million square foot building now finished in south Buffalo, New York, SolarCity will soon begin work on the interior, including the installation of PV manufacturing equipment for making cells and modules based on Silevo’s Triex technology.

LP Ciminelli is managing the construction effort, and Germany's M+W Group is acting as mechanical engineer.

It will become the largest solar manufacturing facility in the Western Hemisphere, snatching the crown from SolarWorld and its factory in Hillsboro, Oregon.

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