For network installers, WISPs, integrators and facilities teams

Power for Outdoor Access Points, Anywhere

You already picked the access point. The site just has no power. Pico and Pico Plus are off-grid solar and battery systems that feed PoE to the radio you run, with no trench, no generator and no hydro account.

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Clear Blue technicians installing a solar panel at a rooftop connectivity site

The problem

The radio is the easy part

There is no power at the pole

The coverage you need is where the grid is not. The mounting point is chosen by radio planning, not by where a panel happens to sit.

Trenching costs more than the radio

A utility extension is quoted per metre and lands in a different budget year. The access point is a fraction of the cost of the dig to reach it.

Generators and batteries mean site visits

Anything that needs refuelling or swapping turns one install into a recurring truck roll, and the site is usually the hardest one to reach.

How it works

Panel, system, PoE, monitoring

Four parts, one supplier, and nothing for you to integrate on site.

Solar charges the system

A panel sized for your latitude and the shortest days of your year, not a nameplate rating taken in perfect conditions.

The battery carries the dark hours

Storage covers overnight and the run of bad weather. Choosing between Pico and Pico Plus is mostly a question of how many days you need to ride through.

PoE feeds your access point

Power over Ethernet out to the radio you already chose, with data passthrough. We do not sell access points, so nothing gets swapped.

Illumience monitors it remotely

State of charge, load and uptime per site, so a problem shows up as an alert instead of as a complaint.

Compatibility

What it powers

We do not sell access points. Yours stays exactly as specified, and we size the power around it.

Single-radio and mesh access points

The common outdoor AP and mesh case. Typically a direct connection with no extra hardware.

Commonly deployed: Ubiquiti UniFi and airMAX, MikroTik, Cambium

Higher-draw and multi-radio sites

Larger outdoor radios, or an access point sharing a site with a camera, a router or a sensor gateway.

Commonly deployed: Ruckus, Aruba, Cambium ePMP and Force

Equipment needing a compliant PoE interface

Gear that requires a standards-compliant interface rather than a direct feed is handled with an adapter on Pico Plus.

Commonly deployed: 802.3af / 802.3at class devices

Satellite backhaul

LEO and VSAT terminals used to backhaul a remote access point, powered from the same system.

Commonly deployed: LEO terminals including Starlink, VSAT modems

Product names are the property of their respective owners and are listed only to describe equipment our systems are commonly deployed alongside. We confirm the exact interface and power draw for your device before quoting.

Choosing a system

Pico or Pico Plus

Both feed the same kind of outdoor deployment. The practical question is how much storage the site needs to ride through bad weather.

Choose Pico

One small load up to 48W, such as a Wi-Fi access point or an IoT gateway. Compact, cellular-capable, and right-sized for reliable daily power.

Choose Pico Plus

A larger single load up to 100W, two devices, or any site where uptime through a stretch of bad weather matters, including satellite modems. 7x the storage.

Specification	Pico	Pico Plus
Storage	30Ah at 6.4V LiFePO4 (~192Wh)	105Ah at 12.8V LiFePO4 (~1,344Wh), 7x Pico
Largest single load	48W at 48V (port 1)	100W at 48V or 30V (port 2)
Second port	24W at 24V, 12W at 12V	48W at 48V, 24W at 24V
Solar input	200W max MPPT, 1 to 2 panels	200W max MPPT, 1 to 4 panels
AC input	No (7V 15A port for grid support)	Optional 80W, 90 to 305VAC (grid-assist)
Comms	Wi-Fi 2.4GHz or cellular	Wi-Fi 2.4GHz
Enclosure	Outdoor rated, UV resistant	NEMA 3R, lockable, pole-mount option
Size and weight	118 x 270 x 195mm, 2.6kg	300 x 300 x 310mm, 22kg

-20°C to 60°C operating (charging stops at -10°C)5-year warranty3 years of Illumience cloud management includedPoE data passthrough, install without special training

Where it goes

Sites with coverage to deliver and no power to do it

Parks and campgrounds

Coverage across a site with no service road to the mounting point.

Campuses

Filling the gaps between buildings without cutting the grounds open.

Ports and yards

Coverage over a working surface nobody wants to trench across.

Farms

Connectivity at range, across ground that is worked every season.

Remote industrial and mining

Sites where the grid is a long way off and a visit is a day of work.

Temporary events

Coverage that goes up, runs, and comes down without a power contract.

Designed and engineered in Toronto, deployed worldwide

5-year warranty3 years of cloud management includedNo trenching, no generatorInstalls without special training

Clear Blue systems manage off-grid power for connectivity and lighting deployments in more than 37 countries, monitored from one platform.

Canadian company, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario

Questions

What installers ask first

Will it keep the access point running through winter?

Systems are sized against the local solar resource at the shortest days of the year, rather than an annual average, which is what decides whether a site survives December. The hardware is rated to operate from -20°C to 60°C, with charging stopping at -10°C. Tell us the location and the device and we will size it for that site specifically.

How many days of autonomy do I get?

That depends on the load and the system. Pico Plus carries substantially more battery than Pico, so for most access point deployments the choice between them comes down to how many days of bad weather the site has to ride through rather than whether the radio can be run at all.

Will it power my specific access point?

Send us the make and model on the quote form. We confirm the interface and the draw against your actual device and site before quoting, rather than asking you to match it to a table yourself.

What is involved in installing it?

Pole or wall mount, with no trenching, no utility extension and no hydro account. It installs without special training, and the PoE run to the access point is the same run your installer would already be making.

How do I monitor it once it is up?

Every system reports to Illumience, our cloud management platform, with three years included. You see state of charge, load and uptime per site remotely, which is what keeps a remote deployment from turning into a standing truck roll.

What is the warranty?

Five years on the hardware, with three years of Illumience cloud management included from commissioning.

What is the lead time?

It depends on the configuration and the quantity. We come back on quote requests within one business day with sizing and availability for your specific deployment.

Request a Quote

Send us the access point and the site. We come back within one business day with a system sized for that device and that location.

A system sized to your specific AP model and site

Solar and storage sizing for year-round uptime

Mounting and enclosure recommendation

Cloud management included for three years