Abegweit Community Solar Farm
Abegweit is developing a community solar farm that is 6 megawatts (MW) with battery energy storage and integration to the public utility grid.
Abegweit Community Solar Farm: Supporting all three Reserves
What is a solar farm?
A field of solar panels generating electricity from the sun.
How will the solar farm benefit all three Reserves?
- NProvide energy to community buildings, including back-up during outages
- NTransition to a sustainable energy solution
- NGenerate profit from the sale of additional clean energy to the public utility grid to reinvest in community
- NSupport Abegweit’s goal to invest in renewable energy (Abegweit First Nation Comprehensive Community Plan, 2018)
- NDemonstrated leadership
- NContribute to energy grid stability
- NSupport community today and future generations
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Get Involved
- Reach out to the Community Navigator,
Councillor Jacob Jadis. - Participate in upcoming engagement sessions.
- Share project updates with friends and neighbours.
(Photos: Abegweit leadership visits Slemon Park’s 10 MW solar farm for Community Energy Strategy research in 2023.)
Community Navigator – Solar Farm
Councillor Jacob Jadis
Role: Listening to community questions and concerns and sharing them with the Coles Associates Ltd. technical team; providing guidance to the Project Team to make sure community needs, questions, and concerns are heard.
Technical Team for Planning and Design
Coles Associates Ltd.
L’nu Energy
Community Engagement
Planned Sessions:
In-person and virtual
- November 2025
- March 2026
- May 2026
- October 2026
Completed Session:
Date: Thursday, November 6
Time: 5:00 – 6:30 PM
In Person: Abegweit Connects
Virtual: Email info@abegweit.ca to request the Zoom code
Powering a more self-sustaining Abegweit
Community | Economy | Environment
