Taykwa Tagamou Nation
2021250 kW Solar + Battery
100% solarized community — every infrastructure building and home powered by JAZZ.
★ OSEA 2021 Best-in-Class
The JAZZ Platform — Indigenous Energy Sovereignty
Your community's complete path to energy sovereignty.
JAZZ is the single partner that takes First Nations communities from the first conversation all the way to long-term energy independence — development, financing, construction, ownership, and operation. No handoffs. One team.
Develop
Feasibility, engineering design, site assessment, and interconnection applications — scoped around your community's goals.
Finance
Grant writing across NRCan, ISC, IESO, OFNTSC, and SREPs. Capital comes from outside, not from band funds.
Build
Full EPC in-house: procurement, installation, and commissioning. 500+ projects. Certified Tesla Powerwall installer.
Own
Community ownership structures from day one. The system — and the economics — belong to your community.
Operate
O&M, monitoring, performance reporting, and on-call support. Most community relationships run a decade or more.
Foundation of the platform
Capacity Building — training teams, transferring knowledge, building lasting sovereignty.
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In the field
500+ projects. These are the latest.
Real installs, real communities. Every photo is from a job site — no renderings, no stock images.
2026 4 projects
2025 5 projects
2024 3 projects
2023 1 project
Landmark projects
Community-scale installations.
Large-scale community energy systems that have become long-term partnerships — microgrids, multi-building solar networks, and First Nations-owned power infrastructure.
Wiikwemkoong
2019735 kW Net Meter
High School, Junior School, Arena, Band Office, and Nursing Home — all on solar.
★ OSEA 2021 Best-in-Class
Oneida Nation of the Thames
2021650 kW Net Meter + Battery
School, Community Center, Health & Education, and Senior Citizens Home — all integrated.
★ OSEA 2021 Best-in-Class
★ 2021 Ontario Minister of Energy
Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation
201797 kW Solar + 250 kWh Battery
Off-grid system integrating solar, battery, and domestic hot water preheat.
★ CanREA 2017 Game Changer
★ OSEA 2021 Best-in-Class
About JAZZ
Engineers, builders, and partners since 2010.
JAZZ Solar Solutions Inc. is an Indigenous Energy platform built on community-scale work across Ontario since 2010. We serve as a reliable one-stop partner for First Nations communities — empowering energy sovereignty and building the foundation of independence and sustainability that will endure for future generations.
We deliver end-to-end engineering, procurement, construction, and project management. Every project is built to be community-owned, community-understood, and community-maintained long after we leave.
Founder
Ketan Bhalla
MSc Electrical Engineering (University of Alberta), 2 patents, serial entrepreneur. Previous ventures include CHiL Semiconductor (acquired by Infineon, $75M) and CeyBa / Sybarus (acquired by Lucent). Founded JAZZ in 2010 to be a catalyst of meaningful change in renewable energy.
Two ways to reach us
Ready when you are.
Primary path
Design my System.
A guided 4-step flow: tell us your connection type, project, building details, and target size. We follow up within one business day with a tailored proposal.
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Email us directly.
For careers, partnerships, press, or anything that isn't a project quote — drop us a note.
@ jon@jazzsolar.com