Davis Hydro, LLC
A Davis Collaborative Company

Davis Hydro does research on and development of renewable energy projects.

Hydropower Research & Related Economics

Research includes renewable development and experimental environmental projects conducted with many partners through The Davis Collaborative. CPUC filings and Economic papers are available on that site. The fish oriented research projects undertaken by Davis Hydro include fish herding or guiding technology and investigation of Nature-like fish channels. These are described here.   The principal theme of our company and research is environmental enhancement.

Fish Habitat Assistance Technology Research

Upcoming research projects of current interest include:

• Fish Herding using moving air curtains
• Genetic sampling to estimate fish populations in stream reaches
• Steelhead spawning bed studies
• low cost out-of-channel diversion screening

Hydro Development

Davis Hydro is a company that has been set up to develop responsible small hydro and to conduct research to enhance fish stocks and to mitigate the negative effects of hydropower. 

Davis Hydro currently is operating and developing small micro-hydroelectric sites alone and woith various partners. These are described here.   Davis Hydro is active in California, New York, Vermont, Maryland, and New Hampshire.