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City installs solar energy system at Gateway Center
Albuquerque’s Gateway Center at 5400 Gibson SE.
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After four months of construction, solar panels are producing power for the Gateway Center, the city-run homeless shelter.
The panels, located in the parking lot, are hooked up and producing power, according to the city’s Municipal Development Department spokesperson Dan Mayfield. The project totaled $1.3 million but will save the city a projected $73,000 annually on electricity.
The solar system includes four canopy solar photovoltaic arrays consisting of nearly 3,000 panels, providing 400 kilowatts of power, according to a city news release. The canopy provides shade to about 107 spaces.
The installation at the Gateway Center, 5400 Gibson SE, comes as Mayor Tim Keller aims to achieve a longstanding campaign promise of renewable energy power installed on all city buildings by the end of 2025.
But that plan has run into some hiccups.
A Journal investigation in January found 1,000 rooftop solar panels in Downtown sat unused for six years. The Keller administration said those panels could not be hooked up because of PNM’s power grid located in Downtown.
