Unlock renewable power from
existing water infrastructure
PicoStream helps utilities, industrial operators and infrastructure owners generate clean, always-on electricity from water flows already moving through their sites.
Turning overlooked flows into useful power
PicoStream helps utilities, industrial operators and infrastructure owners generate clean, always-on electricity from flows already moving through their sites.
Many organisations move large volumes of water every day through channels, outfalls, treatment works, mills, estates and process flows. Where there is a strong, consistent flow, there may be an opportunity to generate renewable power on site.
The PicoStream turbine is designed to sit within existing water infrastructure with minimal civil works, helping organisations turn overlooked water flows into useful, low-cost renewable electricity.
A practical option for water utilities
Water companies use huge amounts of energy to move, treat and manage water. At the same time, many sites have continuous flows passing through channels, outfalls and treatment works every day.
PicoStream is designed to help capture some of this overlooked energy without major infrastructure, dams or complex civil works. For water utilities, this could support:
Support net zero targets - Generate renewable electricity from flows already present on site.
Reduce operating costs - Lower reliance on grid electricity at energy-intensive locations.
Deploy rapidly - Designed for fast installation and removal, with minimal disruption to operations.
Low-impact innovation - Compact, modular and suitable for existing water channels and infrastructure.
Infrastructure suited to PicoStream
Suitable infrastructure may include:
wastewater treatment works
clean water treatment sites
outfalls and process-water channels
industrial watercourses
mills, estates and private infrastructure
canals, sluices and controlled flow channels
“There is huge untapped potential for energy harvesting from small flow channels across the water sector. Scottish Water have a huge challenge in sourcing their large power requirements from 100% renewable sources. This exciting technology can help that journey if deployed across the huge network for WWTP. We are excited to be working with Sam, Henry and the team to move this technology forward in support of Scottish Water’s Net Zero ambitions.”
David Millar
(Head of Technology) Hydro Nation Chair research & innovation programme
Helping you achieve Net Zero
If your site has a reliable flow of water, we can help assess whether it could generate power.
Our system is designed for locations where traditional hydropower would be too slow, expensive or disruptive — giving industrial and utility sites a simpler way to unlock clean, continuous energy.