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.
A 4-minute film about Natel Energy and founders Gia Schneider and Abe Schneider, part of the NextNow digital series profiling solutions to climate change and the people behind those solutions.
Natel's FishSafe™ turbine design framework has been awarded the prestigious title of Hydropower Solution of the Year by the CleanTech Breakthrough Awards.
Listen to a short audio piece about Low Impact Hydropower, including discussion of the LIHI-certified Freedom Hydro Plant in Maine. Accompanying text conversation between Abe and Eric Krebs.