Solmar Insights
Array Technologies has opened a $50 million, 216,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, marking its largest expansion to date. The new site is three times larger than the firm’s previous footprint in the city and brings approximately 300 new jobs, expanding domestic production of solar tracking components to support U.S. and global utility-scale solar projects.
Key figures
$50 million facility investment
216,000 square feet of manufacturing space
300 local jobs supported
Facility scale and operations
The newly opened Albuquerque facility greatly expands Array Technologies’ production footprint in New Mexico, scaling to 216,000 square feet, triple the area of its previous site. The investment enables Array to bring previously outsourced tracker component fabrication in-house, increasing control over its domestic supply chain. This move is expected to drive effectiveness in manufacturing and support growing demand for U.S.-sourced solar infrastructure. The facility’s design incorporates lean manufacturing principles to optimize workflow and reduce waste.
Components produced on site will be eligible for the Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credit, aligning with federal incentives targeting domestic clean energy manufacturing. This centralization is particularly noteworthy as the solar sector seeks to de-risk global supply chains and meet growing U.S. utility and large-scale developer requirements for American-made content.
Public-private partnership and funding structure
Development of the new campus was backed by a multi-pronged public-private partnership, which included $2.5 million in state-level LEDA job creation funds. Additionally, the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County each contributed $250,000 in local LEDA funding. The project also benefited from partial property tax abatement through an Industrial Revenue Bond arrangement.
The approach demonstrates how public sector incentives and industrial policy are being leveraged to directly stimulate regional manufacturing within the energy sector. The expansion positions Albuquerque as a manufacturing hub for clean energy hardware, while offering a case study on leveraging targeted grants and tax provisions to attract capital expenditure in energy supply chain assets.
Workforce and local impact
The plant is expected to generate approximately 300 jobs, spanning areas such as production, assembly, design, engineering, and customer service. Notably, the expansion targets skilled trades, creating roles for stamping press operators, tooling and die technicians, and process engineers. The company emphasized that the site provides opportunities for skill development and career mobility in advanced manufacturing fields central to the renewables value chain.
Local government officials have positioned the project as a win for workforce development and economic diversification in Bernalillo County. The facility’s LEED certification also points to enhanced environmental standards in industrial growth, complementing New Mexico’s broader renewable energy sector objectives as cities like Albuquerque target 100 percent renewable energy.
Strategic significance for solar supply chain
For Array Technologies, the new factory fortifies domestic manufacturing capabilities for solar tracker systems, which are an essential component of utility-scale photovoltaic projects. With more than 100 GW of tracker deployments globally, Array is now positioned to support the utility, commercial, and industrial solar markets with additional American-made inventory, mitigating risks of overseas shipping delays or policy disruptions.
Federal incentives tied to domestic production and content requirements are spurring solar hardware manufacturers to scale operations within the United States. For developers, the greater availability of tracker capacity built in the U.S. could simplify IRS compliance and strengthen project bids, which increasingly specify domestic content to qualify for tax credits or meet procurement mandates from U.S. utilities and large commercial buyers. The move may also serve as a model for other solar supply chain players considering localized investments as federal and state incentives proliferate.
What this means for buyers
Solar tracker equipment supply in the U.S. will benefit from Array Technologies’ new 216,000-square-foot Albuquerque site. Funding of $50 million and support for 300 jobs accelerates U.S.-made tracker availability, directly affecting procurement pipelines for utility-scale solar. Buyers can prioritize projects with greater domestic content alignment, resulting in streamlined compliance and potentially shorter lead times in 2026.
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