Partner With WIN
Your Route to Water-Energy Innovation
Whether you’re a water utility seeking net-zero solutions, a cleantech SME looking for pilot opportunities, or a research organisation exploring co-development — WIN provides the framework, partnerships, and funding pathways to move from concept to deployment.
What WIN Brings
- European market access for water technology
- Proven utility partnerships
- Live net-zero and carbon capture R&D
- Eureka / Horizon Europe funding expertise
- British Water Super Member — UK forum, international forum, and supply chain access
- Highly experienced facilitation and delivery team
What We Seek
- International water/cleantech co-development partners
- Joint pilot programme collaborators
- Shared R&D under Eureka and Horizon frameworks
- Smart water manufacturing innovators
- Scale-up and commercialisation allies
- Utility partners beyond Northern Ireland
- Investors
2–3%
of national energy
consumed by water utilities
$1T+
global infrastructure
investment needed by 2030
40%
of treated water lost through
ageing networks globally
40%
of treated water lost through
ageing networks globally
Focus Areas for Collaboration
We are actively seeking partners across these priority areas. Each represents a live opportunity with existing R&D, utility engagement, or funded programme support behind it.
- Water sector digitisation and AI-driven analytics — predictive maintenance, real-time operational intelligence, and sensor network deployment
- Net-zero energy strategy for utilities — pathway modelling, demand-side management, renewable integration, and energy performance contracting
- Nature-based solutions — carbon sequestration, bioremediation and water attenuation
- Green hydrogen for water infrastructure — electrolyser feasibility, fuel cell integration, and closed-loop hydrogen-to-power systems
- Smart water manufacturing — sensor-driven process optimisation and digital twin development for treatment and distribution
Who Should Partner With WIN?
- Water utilities and asset owners seeking innovation partners and net-zero pathways
- Cleantech SMEs with solutions ready for pilot or scale-up in water-energy applications
- Research institutions and universities exploring collaborative R&D and co-publication
- Technology providers seeking European market access and utility partnerships
- Investors and funders interested in the water-energy nexus
