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Video: Testing Passage of Adult Rainbow Trout Through Natel's FishSafe Restoration Hydro Turbine (RHT)

July 8, 2022

The most recent Natel/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory test of 186 large rainbow trout measuring up to 500 mm (19. 7 inches) in length, found no meaningful difference between the fish passed through Natel’s 1.9 meter (roughly 6 feet) in diameter turbine and the control group, indicating that the RHT allows safe passage of some of the largest fish ever successfully passed through a compact hydro turbine.

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The case for FishSafe™ turbines, for both retrofit and new-build applications

Abe Schneider and Sterling Watson lay out the argument for FishSafe™ turbines in this paper published in The International Journal of Hydropower & Dams, Issue 5.

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WPTO Features Natel in Overview of Innovative Fish Passage Technologies

In this piece from DOE's Water Power Technologies Office Natel features as an example of a novel solution to improve downstream fish passage.

Video

Abe and Sterling Present Fish Inclusion Webinar for Wasser-Agenda 21

Abe and Sterling explain how the FishSafe™ RHT can support hydroelectric power generation while also protecting freshwater diversity.