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Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve

Current status, energy mix, organizations, suppliers, equipment, controls, reported specifications, and project updates—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations7
System facts21
Sources reviewed9
Evidence reviewed2026-07-20

Wiikwemkoong's project advanced from the archive's empty planning record to five completed, net-metered solar installations at the High School, Junior School, Arena, Band Office, and Nursing Home. Early public descriptions conflict at 250 kW and 300 kW; a July 2019 project presentation says 705 kW total while its individual design slides sum to 778 kW; JAZZ Solar's current portfolio gives 735 kW and December 2019 completion. The 735 kW completed-project figure is the best current portfolio rating, with the older values retained as dated planning/design evidence rather than silently reconciled.

Research status
JAZZ reports the 735 kW net-metered portfolio completed in 2019, and the project presentation says the microgrid turned on in December 2019. The current Wikwemikong Development Commission profile still identifies the community's solar investments, although it repeats the earlier 250 kW/ten-building description rather than an as-built inventory. No public 2025/26 production, inverter availability, net-meter credits, curtailment, or maintenance series was found. The supportable status is installed and operating as distributed net-metered PV, not a demonstrated islandable reserve-wide microgrid.
Historical classification
Community
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
45.80365, -81.72149
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 Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve?

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

Organization

Government of Canada

Federal Small Communities Fund co-funder. The 2019 project deck assigns C$814,568, approximately one third of eligible cost, to the federal contribution. [4][7]

Organization

Government of Ontario

Provincial co-funder, likewise assigned C$814,568 in the project deck; Ontario's 2017 plan publicized an earlier 300 kW scope. [4][7]

Organization

Hydro One Networks Inc.

Distribution-utility/interconnection counterpart for the net-metered systems, not owner of the community solar assets in the reviewed sources. [4]

Organization

JAZZ Solar Solutions Inc.

Developer, engineering/procurement/construction and project-management partner; reports the completed 735 kW net-meter portfolio and worked to train/use local installers. [4][5]

Organization

Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory

Community project owner/host and beneficiary, with arrays on five community facilities and a local energy/economic-development mandate. [4][5][6]

Organization

Wikwemikong Development Commission

Community economic-development and renewable-energy delivery organization [3]

Organization

Wikwemikong Development Commission (Enaadmaagehjik)

Community economic-development organization that pursued solar investments, assisted the Small Communities Fund application, and supported the project with JAZZ Solar. [6][4]

System evidence

Energy mix, capacity, and specifications

Values can describe different project phases, generation sources, storage systems, or other components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

Published planning capacity
300 kW solar microgrid in Ontario's 2017 plan [2]
Published development capacity
250 kW microgrid in the Development Commission profile [3]
Planned building scope
Five community buildings plus efficiency, HVAC, insulation, and microgrid-software work [2]
Completed portfolio rating
735 kW of net-metered solar completed in 2019 according to JAZZ Solar's current project portfolio. Battery storage is not included in that completed-project description. [5]
2019 project-deck rating
705 kW total PV in the July 2019 project presentation. The same deck labels the Junior School 62 kW, Band Office 108 kW, High School 108 kW, Arena 250 kW, and Nursing Home 250 kW—778 kW if added—so the deck contains an internal design-stage conflict. [4]
Early published capacities
Ontario's 2017 energy plan described 300 kW, while the Development Commission's later company profile repeats a 250 kW project intended to serve at least ten buildings. Both predate the five-site 2019 completion and are retained as planning figures, not as-built totals. [7][6]
Facility scope
Completed-project sources identify five facilities: High School, Junior School, Arena, Band Office, and Nursing Home/Elders facility. [4][5]
Eligible project cost
C$2,443,705 total net eligible cost in the 2019 deck, with C$814,568 each from the federal and provincial governments. The source does not fully itemize the remaining share or final out-turn cost. [4]
Storage scope
The project deck includes 'solar PV + storage + microGrid software,' while the Infrastructure Canada-derived project description says a battery may be installed at one building. No primary as-built battery kW/kWh, chemistry, maker, or commissioning proof was found; storage is therefore not asserted as installed. [4][8]
Operating mode
Net-metered, behind-the-meter/community-building PV interconnected with Hydro One. No reviewed source establishes islanding, black start, a common private distribution bus, or reserve-wide backup power. [5][4]
Timeline
Grant application in 2014, funding agreement in 2016, engineering through the first half of 2019, construction in the second half of 2019, and energization in December 2019. [4]

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

Photovoltaic arrays

Not publicly disclosed

Rooftop and ground-mounted systems across five community buildings, 735 kW completed-portfolio rating. No dependable module manufacturer/model, count, or DC/AC breakdown was found. [5][4]

02

Nursing Home racking

HES PV FR-2T-GM170 series

A project-deck design drawing identifies ground-mount racking and HES PV documentation for the Nursing Home array. This is mounting equipment, not a PV module model. [4]

03

Inverters and net-metering

Model not publicly disclosed

Each facility required grid-interactive conversion, protection, monitoring, and utility metering, but the reviewed sources disclose no verified inverter or meter manufacturer/model. [4][5]

04

Battery storage

Model not publicly disclosed

Storage appeared in planning material, but no as-built power, energy, chemistry, manufacturer, model, or operating record was located. It is recorded as unverified rather than assigned zero or an invented rating. [4][8]

05

Microgrid software

Model not publicly disclosed

Control/monitoring software appeared in the project scope, but no public platform name, vendor, functions, islanding logic, or commissioning test was found. [4]

Technical record

Architecture, performance, and project updates

Concise technical facts, milestones, operating results, and later developments. Dated notes distinguish historical design claims from current evidence.

  • Architecture correction

    The completed system is best evidenced as five separate Hydro One-interconnected, net-metered solar installations. The marketing term 'community microgrid' does not by itself establish islandable operation or a shared electrical bus. [5][4]

  • Capacity reconciliation

    The 250 and 300 kW figures describe earlier proposals; 705 kW is a 2019 presentation total; 735 kW is JAZZ's current completed-project figure; and individual design slides total 778 kW. The evidence supports project evolution/design revision, not adding these numbers together. [6][7][4][5][9]

  • Local workforce

    The procurement approach sought a minimum of 50% local crew participation based on earlier JAZZ installations, planned training for six to twelve installers, and required bidders to submit local-labour plans. [4]

  • Energy-efficiency scope

    Planning included facility energy assessments and conservation measures such as HVAC/insulation/building upgrades alongside solar. Public sources do not provide building-by-building savings or prove every measure was delivered. [7][4]

  • Current-data gap

    No consolidated public series was found for annual generation, utility imports/exports, bill savings, outages, inverter availability, panel degradation, battery operation, or 2025/26 maintenance. JAZZ's current portfolio supports completion, not audited performance. [5][6]

Provenance

9 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 2021-04-20

  2. [2]
  3. [3]
    Wikwemikong Development Commission company profile

    Wikwemikong Development Commission · Primary source

  4. [4]
    Wiikwemkoong Community Solar microGrid

    Wikwemikong Development Commission / JAZZ Solar Solutions · Primary source

  5. [5]
    Wiikwemkoong - 735 kW Net Meter

    JAZZ Solar Solutions Inc. · Primary source

  6. [6]
    Wikwemikong Development Commission Company Profile 2023

    Wikwemikong Development Commission · Primary source

  7. [7]
    2017 Long-Term Energy Plan

    Government of Ontario · Primary source

  8. [8]
    Smart Solar Community Micro-Grid Integrated Energy Solution

    Taiyo project record derived from Infrastructure Canada data · Secondary research

  9. [9]
    Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve - archived legacy record

    Microgrid Projects via Internet Archive · Archived source

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