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Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation

Organizations, planners, suppliers, equipment, controls, and reported system specifications—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations4
System facts6
Sources reviewed3
Last researched2026-07-19

Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation commissioned a community PV-battery microgrid in 2017. A detailed university case study identifies the installer, charge-controller model, inverter count, battery bank, diversion load, and remote monitoring arrangement.

Research status
Operational; commissioned July 28, 2017
Historical classification
Community
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
48.81541, -90.49816
Evidence note: “Every company” cannot be proven from public material alone. This page lists every organization found in the recovered record and reviewed sources, preserves unknown roles, and explicitly marks undisclosed controller or equipment details.
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Project delivery

Who was involved in Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation?

4 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

Government of Canada

Capital funder [3]

Organization

Government of Ontario

Capital funder [3]

Organization

JAZZ Solar Solutions Inc.

System installer, maintainer, and remote monitoring provider [3]

Organization

Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation

Owner and community project lead [3]

System evidence

Reported capacity and specifications

Values can describe different project phases or components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

Inverter capacity
9 × 8 kW (72 kW total) [3]
Battery bank
6,000 Ah; reported mass 7,801 kg [3]
Hot-water diversion load
22 kW [3]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

01

Solar charge controller

MidNite Solar — Classic 200

Charge controllers used with the community PV and large battery bank. [3]

02

Inverters

Model not publicly disclosed

Nine 8 kW inverters; the reviewed source does not identify the inverter model. [3]

03

Remote monitoring

JAZZ Solar Solutions Inc.

Online control and monitoring from the integrator's Ottawa office. [3]

Provenance

3 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2021-02-26

  2. [2]
    Source

    lacdesmillelacsfirstnation.ca · Archived source · captured 2021-02-26

  3. [3]

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