47. Just Keep Swimming: New Tech Enables Fish Migration at Hydro Dams

Teach a person to fish, and they’ll teach the rest of us how to innovate to preserve the species. Hydropower is one of the world’s oldest low-carbon sources of electricity generation. And as long as there have been dams, there have been migrating fish needing to swim upstream past to spawn. Join EPRI Current host Samantha Gilman and her three guests as they discuss testing the new Fishheart fish passage technology in North America. Developed by fishermen in Finland, the technology was tested in North America at the Santee Cooper utility as part of a Department of Energy research project supervised by EPRI.

Links and Resources Mentioned: 

• EPRI Journal, “Fish Tech” January 2025: Fish Tech - EPRI Journal | EPRI Journal
• YouTube: “Protecting Fish at Hydropower Facilities”: V86b1hpzax-B34-WBNR-16x9-205s-YT-Charlotte-nooneseemstoknow-Multi transition July2024 Ad 2--OG

Guests:

• Mika Sohlberg, Co-Founder, Fishheart
• Michael Melchers, FERC Administrator, Santee Cooper
• Paul Jacobson, Technical Executive, generation sector, EPRI

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EPRI Current examines key issues and new R&D impacting the energy transition. Each episode features insights from EPRI, the world's preeminent independent, non-profit energy research and development organization, and from other energy industry leaders. We also discuss how innovative technologies are shaping the global energy future. Learn more at www.epri.com