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Developing an Environmentally-Friendly and Fish-Saving Hydropower Turbine with Abe Schneider, Co-founder and CTO of Natel Energy

Hardware to Save a Planet

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Is It Just About Changing the Shape of the Turbine Blades?

30 to 40% of hydropower generating assets in the United States are on waters that are either currently or historically had been occupied by eel. Almost every single body moving body water that touches the Atlantic Ocean has or has historically had eaten them. The speed at which the turbine rotates is a constraint, because the faster you go the more risky it's going to be if you're going to be striking fish.

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