This Tiny Fake Fish Could Spark A Hydropower Revolution In The USA

Did you know that only 3% of US dams generate electricity? I know, right? All that nice water going to waste when it could be spinning turbines and generating zero emission electricity. Sad! Well, cheer up. The US Department of Energy has been exploring some low-cost hydropower solutions, and the agency just pumped another round of $1.5 million into one especially promising project, a cutting-edge turbine from the company Natel Energy. he Energy Department is looking at existing, nonpowered dams as part of a broader hydropower initiative called HydroNEXT. The initiative also includes undeveloped streams or canals and pumped-storage as part of a road map for increasing the nation’s store of hydropower (including upgrades for existing hydro dams), but let’s zero in on that existing water infrastructure angle.