A clean energy hub,
majority-owned by your community.
Bring clean energy products, hands-on learning, and project support closer to home through a majority Nation-owned business. Start online or develop a local showroom and learning space, with support from Indigenous Energy Solutions.
What your hub could offer
A local business that brings products, practical learning, and support for community projects together.
Products closer to home
Explore clean energy, heating, mobility, and resilience products selected around local needs.
Technology you can experience
See equipment in action through demonstrations and explore potential pilot opportunities before making decisions.
Skills that stay in the community
Connect people with practical workshops and training that support equipment use, local employment, and future energy projects.
Support for community projects
Connect with products and suppliers for housing, infrastructure, and community energy projects through a local point of contact.
Start at the scale that suits your community. Your hub could begin online or include a local showroom and learning space. Together, we explore an approach that fits your community's priorities, available space, and operating capacity.
Local ownership. Shared support.
The model combines a majority Nation-owned local business with shared support from Indigenous Energy Solutions.
A local business shaped around your community's priorities, with local operations and a product offering developed to suit the people and projects it serves.
- Locally relevant products and services
- Local staffing and customer relationships
- Showroom, demonstration, or online retail options
- Connections to community projects and purchasing needs
- Input into learning and training priorities
You do not have to build everything from scratch.
IES brings the shared resources and connections that help a local hub take shape, with the scope of support defined through the partnership.
- Brand and online resources
- Supplier relationships and product sourcing
- Training-provider connections
- Business planning and funding-strategy support
- Agreed launch and ongoing operating support
How a hub takes shape
Explore the fit
Discuss community priorities, potential customers, available space, and the opportunities a hub could support.
Build the business and funding plan
Assess startup and operating costs, potential revenue, ownership arrangements, responsibilities, and funding options before deciding how to proceed.
Prepare for launch
Develop the product offering, prepare the local team, and put the agreed systems and support in place.
Hands-on learning. Local opportunity.
A hub can be more than a place to buy equipment. It can create opportunities for young people and other community members to explore clean technology, learn how systems work, and connect with practical training shaped around local interests.
Explore training →Common questions
Do we need a dedicated building?
How do we get started?
What could a hub look like in your community?
Start a conversation about your priorities and the practical steps involved in developing a community energy hub.