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.
The Metcalf Institute's "Innovations in the Clean Energy Transition" panel features Gia Schneider in conversation with Jeff St. John, Ramya Swaminathan, and Benjamin Kroposki.
FishSafe™ RHT designs are at the core of two research projects that have been recommended for funding by the U.S. DOE to advance the science required to engineer safer hydropower turbines.
Abe and Sterling explain how the FishSafe™ RHT can support hydroelectric power generation while also protecting freshwater diversity.