PALO ALTO, Calif. – The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announced today (September 12, 2011) it has been selected for a $1.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to deploy and test the Alden turbine, a hydropower electricity generator designed to significantly reduce fish mortality during power production. The award is part of a $17 million DOE and U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) competitive process for research and development projects to advance hydropower technology.
The DOE award requires industry cost share which will bring total project funding to $3 million. <?xml:namespace prefix = o />