One of the more common objections to hydro is the high turbine-induced mortality of fish. The passage of fish through hydroelectric turbines can quickly prove fatal—a danger that increases with ...

Western Europe: France, Germany, and Switzerland lead in adopting fish-friendly and modular hydro systems. - Eastern Europe: Upgrading Soviet-era infrastructure to modern turbine systems with EU ...

Natel Energy is trying to design turbines ... Natel CTO Abe Schneider holds a large trout used in fish passage testing at the Monroe Hydro Plant in Madras, Oregon. People have been trying to ...

The Environment Agency has applied for planning permission to install a hydro turbine ... caried out once the turbine has been installed. The report adds: "Given the fish friendly design of ...

According to a 2011 study by the Electric Power Research Institute, a U.S.-based non-profit, fish-friendly hydro turbines could increase fish passage survival to roughly 98 per cent for fish ...

Humans have been harnessing the energy of river ... In some cases, fish are collected and trucked around the obstacles. Still, the presence of hydroelectric dams can often change migration ...

A hydroelectric ... power, and the public is invited to see it in action on Saturday. The town and Canton Hydro LLC are offering a rare chance to tour the powerhouse and view the all-new fish ...

The city of Aspen wants to add a second turbine ... the hydro plant began operating, with the reservoir now one of the most important sources of water for the Colorado River Endangered Fish ...

It has two powerhouses, a lock to allow ships to pass, a spillway and two fish ladders. Dan Patla, currently a senior turbine engineer at the Corps’ Hydroelectric Design Center, has worked for ...

The prototype was field tested this spring at a Nova Scotia Power hydro dam outside Kentville, N.S., where it counted nearly 900,000 fish during an upstream migration of gaspereau — a species of ...