News and Events

Below are a list of news and events related to the HydroPASSAGE project.

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HydroPASSAGE Webinar on Tools to Advance HydroPASSAGE

The HydroPASSAGE team presented a webinar on the tools offered through the DOE project. The tools include the Biological Performance…
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Testing New Turbines Goes Swimmingly with Sensor Fish

A team of PNNL researchers used Sensor Fish collect information about the physical experiences of fish as they pass through dams and…
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Women @ Energy: Alison Colotelo

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Alison Colotelo is a Project Manager in the Ecology Group. She works with multi-disciplinary teams on the effects of hydropower…
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Sensor Fish Duo Successfully Tests Irrigation Screen

Using PNNL’s autonomous fish body double called Sensor Fish, and the miniature version, Sensor Fish Mini—in its first field trial…
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PNNL’s artificial ‘Sensor Fish’ used to save real fish

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are creating new…
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PNNL’s Miniature Tags Track Eel and Lamprey Migration

A trio of PNNL fish researchers recently published a video journal article on how to properly implant miniature acoustic tags in…
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PNNL Technology Used to Evaluate Dam Spillway Weir Designs

During his doctorate work in southeastern Australia, Pflugrath examined weirs, or small dams built across rivers, and how…
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Making the Blade Grade: Team Evaluates Steel against Composites for Turbines

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory published a paper in Renewable Energy, sharing their…
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A Bene-fish-al Solution for Salmon and Steelhead Passage

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory performed an evaluation of a novel technology that helps migratory fish more safely and…
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PNNL Scientists Keep Biofouling at Bay

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are now leading research to mitigate biofouling and its impacts on the environment and industry
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Robotic ‘Sensor Fish’ Navigates Dams

Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have created look-alike fish to collect information on the impacts of fish swimming near dams.
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PNNL licenses Sensor Fish technology to Advanced Telemetry Systems

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory licenses its autonomous Sensor Fish technology…
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Can robotic ‘sensor fish’ save salmon from hydroelectric dams?

Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are using new technology to measure the physical impacts of…
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PNNL tech serves as fish body double

Hundreds of surrogate "fish" will be put to work at dams around the world through an agreement between ATS - Advanced Telemetry Systems - and the Department of Energy'…
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Future Hydropower Generation and Consequences for Global Electricity Supply Investment Needs

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory explored how…
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Beep. Beep. Beep. Knowledge helps survival of Columbia, Snake salmon

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland have developed acoustic tags to track fish migration at dams on the lower Columbia…
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From Water to Wattage

Hydropower is the oldest, cleanest, and largest source of renewable energy. This episode talks about the history of hydropower.
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PNNL helping make hydropower cheaper, more fish-friendly

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is evaluating Seattle-based Whooshh Innovations' technology with a $300,000 grant from DOE…
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Kennewick company picked for DOE pilot program

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is helping Percheron Power of Kennewick develop a hydropower turbine for small waterways…
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Hydro – Power and peril

A team of researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory performed studies that investigate turbine-associated fish injuries and mortality.

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Making dams safer for fish around the world

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory published a journal article exploring ways to protect fish from barotrauma.
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Fish-Friendly Dams? Scientists Race to Reduce Turbine Trauma

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is collaborating with researchers from Laos, Brazil and…