POWERHOUSE Opinion: Why The Future of Hydropower Should Include Ecosystem Restoration

We need hydropower solutions that prioritize biodiversity alongside renewable energy production.

Freedom Falls RHT is installed and operational, fish passage testing is ongoing, Natel received a DOE grant to research Restoration Hydro, and Upstream Tech launched HydroForecast.

Senior Hydropower Technical Associate Tatiana Marzan and researchers at ORNL found, through detailed analysis of costs associated with fish exclusion, that fishsafe turbines were more cost-effective.