Natel is cited on the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program website as a company success story for a recipient of SBIR grant funding. Natel has leveraged funding from the U.S. Department of Energy SBIR division to attract additional private capital, and to fund essential R&D of the hydroEngine products. Check out the posting here! … [Read more...]

Gia Schneider, Natel's CEO, was recently selected as one of this year's PennWell Hydro Group "Women with Hydro Vision" Awardees, designed to honor the most influential women in hydropower for their accomplishments and contributions to the industry. Gia was selected for her experience as an engineer, businesswoman, and community builder to advance the role of sustainable hydropower development. Read more about the award and nominees linked here. … [Read more...]

Our friend Saul Griffith, Co-Founder and CEO at the research laboratory Otherlab, mentioned Natel as one of the innovative technologies​ in the renewable energy sector​ that has been accelerated with government contracts. Watch the video here! … [Read more...]

Natel has developed and built a new hydroEngine model, the Linear Pelton, the first-ever implementation of a linear free jet single stage impulse turbine. The technology utilizes the highly efficient fluid mechanics of a Pelton-style bucket on a linear powertrain, and removes the need for a draft tube, stators, wicket gates, or stay vanes. The Linear Pelton operates efficiently in the net head range 3-20 m (9-65 ft) and up to 1 MW. … [Read more...]

​Natel CEO Gia Schneider is honored to join the WWF National Council to help advance water, conservation and climate resilience issues. … [Read more...]

We are pleased to announce that Natel is one of the six organizations selected by the DOE to receive up to $9.8 million in funding. Natel will leverage the new funding to test a laboratory-scale Linear Pelton (LP) turbine, a new model of hydroEngine that aims to further reduce civil works while maintaining a high efficiency. The other projects selected by the Department of Energy all aim to develop lower cost, high performance hydropower technologies. … [Read more...]

Pennwell has selected the Freedom Falls project for an Honorable Mention for Renewable Energy World’s 2016 Project of the Year Awards. Natel hydropower facility in Freedom, Maine is listed with other innovative hydro, solar and storage projects. Read the full article here! … [Read more...]

Natel was featured in the the 2016 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards, showcasing "the individual developments that point in the direction of the next future". Read the full article here. … [Read more...]

Natel finalizes a lease for a new facility at Building 23 on the Alameda Point Naval Air Base in December 2015. The new facility houses Natel’s corporate, R&D and initial assembly operations. … [Read more...]