The study was carried out at Hydro Green’s 100-kilowatt nameplate-rated unit at US Corps of Engineers Lock and Dam No. 2 on the Mississippi River in Hastings, Minnesota, the only federally licensed hydrokinetic turbine installed in the US.
The turbine is designed and manufactured by Hydro Green. It is sited behind a conventional run-of-river hydroelectric dam.
Normandeau's patented methodology uses a controlled experiment approach and produces comprehensive, statistically reliable and verifiable results on injury and survival of fish passed through a turbine, spillway or over falls.
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