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OUR SOLUTION
• The Salmon Gate is a hanging run of river hydrokinetic system, mounted on
an aluminum truss spanning the river, that can retract turbines out of the
water automatically
• The sense and avoid system uses the same technology as advanced drones,
self driving cars and airplanes
• Computer vision and sonar sensors inform the Salmon Gate to detect and avoid
salmon, other fish and boats passing through the gate
• The linear servo motors retract the turbines in an energy efficient manner
when a fish or vessel nears the gate
• They can also retract the turbines on the onset of freeze-up in winter or
during extremely hot summers (to cool the river)
• The turbines can produce a small amount of wind power even when
retracted, and heated blade options are available for winter use