Solar
Rooftop and ground-mount PV — homes, farms, schools, and community-scale. Grid-tied (net-metered), load-displacement, or off-grid configurations, engineered for Ontario climate and code.
Capacity Building · Solar · Battery · Microgrid
Solar built with communities.
For 15 years, JAZZ Solar Solutions has partnered with First Nations, farmers, schools, and businesses across Ontario — delivering 500+ projects and over 30 MW of clean energy.
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Capacity Building
Building local energy teams.
JAZZ shares its professional knowledge, skills, and resources directly with First Nation communities — training people, building energy teams, and sharing what we've learned over 15 years and 500+ projects.
Most of our community relationships run for years, not months. The infrastructure is half the work — the other half is the people, skills, and governance that keep it running long after we've left.
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Start with relationship
Trust precedes planning. We listen to history, governance, and what's already been tried — before we propose anything.
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Community-led assessment
The community names the priorities, the skills gaps, the timeline. We bring expertise; council holds the decisions.
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Secure the resources
Funding for capital, training, and wages — sourced from outside, so the work doesn't drain general band funds.
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Learn through real work
Skills transfer happens during projects, not just classrooms. Your team learns by doing alongside ours.
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Sustain the partnership
We move from leading to supporting to on-call. Most relationships run a decade — capacity grows year over year.
What we build
Solar, storage, and microgrids.
Three technical offerings, all engineered and built in-house. Most projects combine two or more.
Battery
Tesla Powerwall to utility-scale storage. Backup during outages, peak shifting for commercial customers, and resilience for critical infrastructure. Certified Tesla installer.
Microgrid
Integrated solar + battery + intelligent controls — operating with or without the grid. Energy autonomy for First Nations, remote sites, and critical infrastructure that can't afford an outage.
Our work
Featured community projects.
We design, engineer, build, and operate renewable energy systems alongside the communities we serve. Each install is a long-term partnership — not a transaction.
TTN
2021Net Meter solar + storage
250 kW Solar + Battery
100% solarized community — every infrastructure building and home powered by JAZZ.
Wiikwemkoong
2019Manitoulin Island, ON
735 kW Net Meter
High School, Junior School, Arena, Band Office, and Nursing Home — all on solar.
Oneida
2021Oneida Nation of the Thames
650 kW Net Meter + Battery
School, Community Center, Health & Education, and Senior Citizens Home — all integrated.
LDMLFN
2017Lac des Mille Lac First Nation
97 kW Solar + 250 kWh Battery
Off-grid system providing primary power for Band buildings, integrating domestic hot water preheat.
Industry recognition
Award-winning renewable energy.
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2017 CanSIA Game Changer Award
For innovative integration of solar PV + battery + thermal at LDMLFN.
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2021 OSEA Best-in-Class Renewable Energy
First Nations Community Solar — TTN, Oneida, Wiikwemkoong, LDMLFN.
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2021 Ontario Minister of Energy
Personal recognition from Minister Todd Smith for the Oneida Nation Community Solar MicroGrid project.
About JAZZ
Engineers, builders, and partners since 2009.
JAZZ Solar Solutions Inc. is a team of skilled specialists developing innovative renewable energy solutions across Ontario. We deliver end-to-end engineering, procurement, construction, and project management — with a decade-and-a-half of community-scale experience behind every install.
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 2009 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