No,002211018

Nation-wide use of PICOPICA in JapanPICOPICA visualizes the power generation of water ﬂow

Kami-Yahagi
Primary School

Spiral Pico Hydropower Generation Device

Miyako City
Smart Community

PICOPICA 10ⓇOhtani
Junior High School

Osashima
Primary School

Ibigawa Township

Itoshiro Primary School

Spiral Pico Hydropower Generation Device

PICOPICA 10Ⓡ

Parts are subject to change without notice

Sumino Co., Ltd.

The Kit (picture left) includes the LED light1074-15, Kusumi, Osasima, Ena, Gifu 509-7206, Japan
Tel: +81-573-25-2788, Fax: +81-573-25-2915,
E-Mail: s̲info@suminoseisakusho.jp
URL:
http://www/suminoseisakusho.jp

Developer & Manufacturer: Sumino Co., Ltd(A member of Non-Proﬁt Organization for Regional Revitalization)
R&D of PICOPICA, a spiral pico hydropower generation device, was initiated as a project
under oﬃcial programs in Japan for “Support for Craftmanship in SMEs 2019” and“Independent Energy in Mountainous Areas for Regional De-warming and Symbiosis withEnvironment Targets”.

Self-suﬃciency of Regional Energy
Much of hydro-energy lies dormant in underdeveloped regions.
PICOPICA, a spiral pico hydropower generation device, is aneducational tool on environment and self-production & selfextinguishing energy.
Continuous R&D and practical eﬀorts have been made to spreadthe use of natural energy, especially that of pico hydro power
generation among regional communities. PICOPICA provides alogical and reasonable solution to enhance such developments.
There are many more hidden places where PICOPICA can become Old spiral wheel at Itoshiro
useful. Find them yourself!!
This is where it all started
Notes:

PET bottle caps that children collect can be used to light up theschool-commuting trails and pathsEnergy is one of the priority issues for thenext generation. Assembling PICOPICA isa convincing method to inspire children tograsp the future concerns of its impact onthe environment.

“pico hydro power” means hydropower below 1KW”
“mini hydro power” means hydropower below 1,000kW
Kami-Yahagi Primary School

High performance generator capableof generation with minimal head andwater ﬂow volume

Placement conditions:U-trench with width 30cm.
Water ﬂow volume 10L/sec.
Osashima Primary School

Electricity at your elbow

PICOPICAʼs spiral blades are
made from recycled PET bottlecaps that children collected.
PICOPICA can be used as a toolfor education on environment.
We hold seminars on assembling
the kit at primary schools in aneﬀort to widespread its use.
PICOPICA assembled by children
are later used as outdoor security
lights or as power generator forelectric fences.

Spiral blades made of reused PET bottle caps
Water conduit & cover made of reused PET bottles

For Emergency Energy Supply
Irrigation channel (left), Security lighting (right)

PICOPICA was developed to generate powerfrom the ﬂow of water in channels you can ﬁnd
anywhere with minimal head and water ﬂow
volume. Simply placing PICOPICA in irrigation
channels (U trench) is enough to generate power.
It is capable of generating 2.4W electricity and canbe used for security lighting and electric fences.

【Generator】2.4W【Voltage】 6v【Size】
H380 x W280 x D1085【Weight】 17.5kg
Kami-Yahagi
Primary School

Where small water ﬂow isavailable PICOPICA can beused to supplement energy
shortage in disaster areas. It
is not surprising to ﬁnd
evacuation sites holding
PICOPICA kits in reserve.