In the UK alone there are records of there being 5,000 watermills over the centuries and we would expect many of those sites to be suitable for our technology. The UK’s Environment Agency has issued a recent report estimating there are about 4,000 ‘barriers’ (usually weirs) in the UK that are “win – win” schemes capable of generating about 1,800 GWhrs per year.

Also the UN has identified a need for renewable electricity in remote communities in the Developing World, much of which could be supplied by in-river generation. We have had a lot of interest in our technology from Brazil and, with the right partners, expect to capture a significant proportion of the South American run-of-river market. Once this has proven successful we intend to role out a similar technology transfer strategy in Asia and China.