Video: Transforming our energy landscape with Natel's FishSafe Restoration Hydro Turbine
In 2019 Tony Grassi, owner of The Mill at Freedom Falls, partnered with Natel to install the first Restoration Hydro Turbine, retrofitting a once-purposeless sawmill with enough power to meet the needs of the small community of Freedom, Maine.
Like Tony's Mill, there are hundreds of existing small dams in the United States that are no longer being used as a power source or were constructed for non-power purposes. By retrofitting them with FishSafe hydro turbines, Natel is working with communities to leverage the infrastructure they already have to generate new, clean energy that could deliver close to 10 percent of the country's energy demand, while restoring safe downstream fish passage.
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Puissance Hydro highlights Natel's FishSafe technology in their Innovation issue
French-language magazine Puissance Hydro examines how Natel's FishSafe™ turbine designs, particularly as manufactured by our partners DIVE Turbine could improve downstream fish passage in Europe.
WWF, FIDIC and AECOM feature Natel in Playbook for Nature-Positive Infrastructure Development
The World Wildlife Fund, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers and AECOM featured Natel in a playbook for engineers to learn about sustainable infrastructure development.
WPTO Encourages Hydropower Modernization and Highlights Natel
This article from the Water Power Technologies Office includes a photograph of Natel's technology and encourages the adoption of turbines that are safe for fish to pass through.
