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Natel Energy Q4 2021 Newsletter

January 5, 2022

Looking back on the past year and forward to the next, our team has a lot to be thankful for, and a lot of work ahead. For Natel, 2021 was a year of validation — bracketed by certifying our Freedom Falls plant as a Low Impact Hydro Installation at the start of the year, and by a suite of successful through-turbine fish passage tests in collaboration with Kleinschmidt Associates and Pacific Northwest National Lab in Q4 2021. Partnerships like these underscore our commitment to prioritizing positive ecological outcomes alongside reliable, renewable energy production.

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Papers

Safe Passage of American Eel Through a Novel Hydropower Turbine

Our 2021 study with PNNL found 100% survival rates for American eel passing through the RHT, and the peer-reviewed paper is now available from Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

Awards

Natel wins multiple prizes in DOE photo and video contest

Natel employees Kate Stirr and Betsy Pfeiffer and former employee Andy Baumgartner won 5 prizes total for their photos and video of Natel's FishSafe technology.

Video

Webinar: Modernizing Hydropower Plants with High-Performance FishSafe™ Turbines

In this public webinar, the Natel team explains how we design FishSafe™ turbines and how those turbines enable exceptional fish passage survival, reduce costs, and simplify plant operations.