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SolarCity’s Buffalo Gigafactory is looking close to ready [Pictures]

Recent pictures of SolarCity’s ‘Gigafactory’ show that the solar panel plant is, at least from the outside, looking close to be ready for production. The Buffalo News managed to get a bird eyes view of the plant and compared the progress with pictures from a year ago.Here’s a look at SolarCity’s factory now vs a year ago around the time it was announced:The plant, which should start low volume production in 2016, is expected to produce 1 GW of solar modules per year at planned capacity starting in 2017, and the company says it could expand the facility to 5 GW per year.

We recently reported that the SolarCity aims at producing solar modules with at least 20% efficiency at a $0.50/Watt cost.

If you want more pictures of the company’s progress in Buffalo, you can watch The Buffalo News’ gallery.

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Comments

  1. Jason - 8 years ago

    “SolarCity’s panel was measured with 22.04 percent module-level efficiency”

    http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/solarcity-unveils-worlds-most-efficient-rooftop-solar-panel-to-be-made-in-america-300153262.html

  2. Jamie - 8 years ago

    Nice double dose of Energy East pipeline ads on your page. Maybe you should more closely monitor who is paying your bills friends.

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