Assessment of the Environmental Effects of Hydrokinetic Turbines on FishCX(s) Applied: B3.3Date: 06/02/2010Location(s): CaliforniaOffice(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
June 2, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: B3.3
Date: 06/02/2010
Location(s): California
Office(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is proposing to use Department of Energy and cost-share funding to conduct research activities to determine injury and survival rates for fish passing through hydrokinetic turbines. Research would be accomplished by: (1) Conducting a review of existing information on injury mechanisms associated with fish passage through conventional hydro turbines and determine its relevance and applicability to fish passage through hydrokinetic turbines; (2) Developing theoretical models for the probability of blade strike and mortality for various hydrokinetic turbine designs; and (3) Conducting flume studies with at least three turbine designs and several species and size classes of fish to estimate injury and survival rates and describe fish behavior in the vicinity of operating turbines.