Plant-e B.V.
Organisation type:
Supply Chain Company
Contact name:
Sharon Polman
Position/ Role:
Business Developer
email:
Grants interested in applying for:
Lowland Peat Water Discovery Grant, Lowland Peat Water Implementation Grant, Paludiculture and Wetter Farming Fund
Region:
National/cross-region
Areas of expertise
Carbon accounting/ water management, Environmental monitoring (habitats, water quality), Hydrology, rewetting infrastructure, water management (e.g. tilting weirs, level-control structures), Market innovation/ product development/ supply chain, Peatland restoration, Scientific research (ecology, soils, modelling, remote sensing, biogeochemistry)
Resources available
Facilities for meetings/ demonstrations, Laboratory or analytical capacity, Monitoring and sensing equipment (e.g. hydrology, ecology, remote sensing) equipment, Staff time/ research capacity
Engagement interests
Plant-e is interested in collaborating as a technology partner in lowland peat and paludiculture projects, supplying autonomous water level monitoring technology.
We provide reliable groundwater level sensors and monitoring equipment for remote or difficult-to-access areas, powered by a nature-based local energy source that can last for decades. Our solution, the SensorStick, combines remote sensing, power supply, and data transmission in one integrated, autonomous system. This enables continuous data collection and real-time transmission via satellite, removing the need for repeated site visits to manually retrieve data or to replace the battery.
This is particularly relevant for lowland peat systems and paludiculture, where maintaining stable water tables is essential for reducing emissions, preventing subsidence, and enabling productive wet land use. Our systems support reliable, long-term monitoring under these wet conditions.
Our main contribution would be to support projects by making monitoring more efficient, scalable, cost-effective, and sustainable. The SensorStick helps ensure consistent, long-term measurements without the need to visit the site on a regular basis.
We are open to participating as a project partner alongside landowners, research organisations, and conservation groups working on peatland restoration and paludiculture. Plant-e can provide system design, equipment, installation support, and ongoing technical input. Our systems can be easily integrated into existing monitoring frameworks and data platforms, and we are interested in co-developing practical approaches that can be replicated across multiple sites.
In addition, we can support pilot and demonstration projects that showcase how water table monitoring can be improved in practice, particularly in lowland peat areas where reducing maintenance and site visits is a key advantage.
Our primary role in collaborations would be to enable robust, low-maintenance monitoring that supports better peatland and paludiculture management and decision-making.
Additional information
Plant-e has over a decade of experience developing and deploying technology in wet environments, with a strong focus on enabling autonomous groundwater level monitoring in peatlands and other waterlogged soils.
We have delivered multiple pilot and demonstration projects across Europe, including installations in wetlands, agricultural areas, and public green spaces. These projects have shown that our systems can reliably power monitoring equipment in wet soils over long periods of time.
In the UK and Ireland, Plant-e is currently involved in multiple projects with partners such as Natural England, the Cairngorms National Park, SSE Renewables, and Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, among others. These projects span a wide range of peatland types, from blanket bogs to fens, across different elevations and latitudes, from the northern tip of Scotland to sites in England.
Our SensorStick is unique in its design, delivering both connectivity and power autonomy in one device.
A key application is enabling continuous groundwater level monitoring in remote peatland areas. By providing a constant energy supply, sensors can operate autonomously and transmit data remotely, reducing the need for manual data collection and repeat field visits. Plant-e also has experience deploying remote sensing devices (SensorSticks) that function year-round without the need for site visits to retrieve data or replace batteries. Data transmission is handled via satellite.
Plant-e also contributed to the wider peatland community by presenting at the Peatland Conference last year.
Further information, case studies, and project updates can be found at:
Additional technical details and project examples can be provided upon request.
Experience in peatland, wetland, and regenerative systems
Our technology is well suited to rewetted peatlands, where stable water levels are essential. It operates in harmony with wet conditions and supports the practical management of these landscapes by enabling reliable, long-term, fully autonomous data collection.
Plant-e can provide:
- The SensorStick for fully autonomous groundwater level monitoring.
- Systems that enable real-time data transmission via satellite including a dashboard which visualizes the data, removing the need to revisit sites to collect data.
- Remote sensing devices (SensorSticks) for autonomous, year-round monitoring of soil moisture levels.
- Technical expertise, installation support, and data monitoring
Plant-e is based in the Netherlands and is looking to collaborate with UK partners who can provide peatland sites for projects.
We are keen to support field demonstrations that show how groundwater monitoring in peatlands can be improved. Our systems are particularly useful in remote or difficult-to-access areas, where eliminating the need for site visits is a clear benefit.
We are also interested in contributing to workshops, field days, conferences, and knowledge-sharing activities to support wider adoption of effective peatland monitoring approaches.