“First, do no harm” is a phrase associated with health care professionals, but it also applies to sustainability practices. Clean energy deployment is as much about reducing harm (pollution) as it is about reducing costs, and when it comes to hydropower—which provides nearly one-third of renewable electricity generation in the United States and is growing—a key area of concern is the safety of ecosystems and species, especially fish.
Journalist Lela Nargi interviewed both Gia and Abe Schneider for this piece about the value and need for through-turbine fish passage.
Gia talks about retrofitting existing hydro units, adding generation to non-powered dams, and installing the RHT in Africa in collaboration with MyHydro on POWER Magazine's podcast.