One of the biggest solar panel manufacturing companies is being built right here in Buffalo, and the company is looking to fill around 1,500 job positions.

The new $900-million complex will be the second largest solar panel production site in the world and will be located on the RiverBend in South Buffalo.

Hundreds of people showed up on Wednesday for an informational meeting to find out exactly how SolarCity plans to fill the 1,500 job positions. The company said that they are planning to hire 100 to 200 higher level engineering and management positions this fall, and then will focus on hiring for manufacturing jobs.

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