Hi Marshall! The UK Environment Agency now includes FishSafe RHTs in their eel protection guidance, our design portfolio is growing, we're a TIME Top GreenTech Company, Gia is nominated for the IHA Board of Directors.
Spring is in full swing, and so is our team at Natel—delivering new FishSafe™ hydraulic designs to customers across North America and Europe. Visit our updated References page for examples of some of our recent design work and read on for additional highlights:
🏆 TIME included Natel on both the World's Top GreenTech Companies and America's Top GreenTech Companies lists
🐟 The UK's Environment Agency added Natel's FishSafe™ RHT to their Best Achievable Eel Protection guidance
📣 CCO Gia Schneider was announced as a candidate for the International Hydropower Association Board of Directors
FishSafe™ RHT added to the EA's Best Achievable Eel Protection guidance
After reviewing multiple reports and scientific evidence, the UK's Environment Agency concluded that Natel’s turbine designs pose minimal risk to migrating eels that pass through the turbines.
CTO Abe Schneider was featured in an Institution of Mechanical Engineers article discussing how our FishSafe turbines are modernizing hydropower by balancing energy production with environmental sustainability
Journalist Lela Nargi interviewed both Gia and Abe Schneider for an article in Anthropocene Magazine about need to sustainably advance hydropower. As Abe says in the article, FishSafe runners present “a phenomenal generational opportunity to modernize our hydropower fleet with turbines that cause less harm."
Natel recognized by TIME as one of the World's Top GreenTech Companies and one of America's Top GreenTech Companies
After reviewing company applications, patent portfolios, and media monitoring, TIME ranked Natel 55th in America and 99th globally on its lists of Top GreenTech Companies.
Winners were ranked based on their patent assets, financial strength, and the quality and environmental impact of their service portfolios.
Earlier this month Bill Malus and Pat Donahue attended Ontario Waterpower Association's Power of Water Canada meeting in Niagara, engaging with industry colleagues and partners and learning about Indigenous perspectives.
In March Gia Schneider and Jessica Penrod exhibited at the CEATI Hydropower Conference, highlighting the long-term cost savings and fish protection benefits of FishSafe turbines.
Meanwhile, Abe Schneider presented on advancements in fish-friendly turbine design at the VGBE & VÖU River Management & Ecology andRenexpo Interhydro event in Salzburg, Austria, and then joined Sterling Watson at Fish Passagein Yichang, Hubei Province, China, where Sterling received an Outstanding Innovation Award for Natel's FishSafe RHT blade design.
Join us at NHA's Clean Currents, October 14-17, for a half-day
Fish Passage Workshop
and our second annualFishSafe Runners 5K 🏃
Back in California, Natel co-hosted a BlueTech showcase with our marine energy friends at CalWave on Earth Day, celebrating local innovation in the blue economy with various companies, sponsors, and community members.
Abe spoke as a panelist at Stanford Climate Week in a discussion hosted by the Stanford Energy Club on driving climate action and innovation.
Earlier this spring, Gia joined Kate Stirr and Emrat Nur (Tatiana) Marzan to advocate for hydropower in Washington, DC, at NHA's Water Power Week, highlighting the importance of fish passage solutions like FishSafe turbines.
Upcoming
This summer, you can find us at NHA's California Regional Meeting in Sacramento, June 24-26, and the International Association for Hydro-Environment Research World Congress, June 22-27 in Singapore where Abe will present.
This fall we'll be in Vienna for SUSHP, Ottawa for Canadian Waterpower Week, Grenoble for Business Hydro, Pittsburgh for NHA's Clean Currents, and Thessaloniki for Hydro 2025.
CCO Gia Schneider nominated for IHA board of directors
Co-founder and CCO, Gia Schneider, has been nominated to continue her service on the International Hydropower Association (IHA) Board. With over two decades championing hydropower's sustainable future, Gia is dedicated to advancing technology that supports efficient power production while protecting biodiversity.
The Natel team returned for a second year to Friends of Sausal Creek's restoration site in Oakland, CA, contributing to a healthier redwood forest and watershed that benefits local fish.
Join our team!
We're currently seeking a Hydraulic Design Engineer and a part-time Marketing Associate. Learn more here.
