Session D4 - EPRI's Program to Develop, Install and Test the Alden Fish-Friendly Hydropower Turbine

• Main Author: Dixon, Douglas
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2012
• Subjects: Alden; Atlantic salmon; European eel
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_conference/2012/June6/6; https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1040&context=fishpassage_conference

In 1996, DOE, EPRI, and industry began a multi-year effort to develop fish-friendly turbines. This arose from concerns over fish mortality caused by existing turbines, high cost and low performance associated with downstream fish screening and bypasses, and lost generation and water quality issues a...