California startup Natel has 2 missions: stop climate change & protect biodiversity. Their novel turbine technology is making hydropower safer for wildlife and building healthier river ecosystems. Watch this 4-minute film about Natel Energy and founders Gia Schneider and Abe Schneider, part of the NextNow digital series profiling solutions to climate change and the people behind those solutions.
What eels really want for Christmas, FishSafe™ turbines in the EU, freshwater conservation and 3X renewables united by hydropower. Our last update of 2023.
A new study published in the North American Journal of Fisheries Management shows safe downstream passage of juvenile alewife (river herring) through Natel’s modern FishSafe hydro turbine.