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Video: Fish Protection Profile - The Center Sender
Natel Energy’s Center Sender won third place in the DOE's Fish Protection Prize contest in 2020. The Center Sender guides fish away from underwater turbines' most dangerous areas using an electrified cantilevered bar rack—a physical/electrical device that guides fish to the safest path through a hydropower intake or water diversion.
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Video: Natel Energy Featured on Pattrn
An interview with Gia Schneider on The Weather Channel's Climate-Focused Show, Pattrn.
US DOE Grants Natel $1.3M to Lead Sustainable Hydropower Education and Community Engagement Project in Minnesota
The US Water Power Technologies Office selected Natel for $1.3M in funding to educate the public about hydropower, its relationship with freshwater ecology, and its benefit to a renewable grid.
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.
