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We provide practical solutions for complex renewable energy, water, and environmental projects.

For nearly 60 years, Kleinschmidt has provided engineering, regulatory, and environmental consulting services to energy companies and government agencies across North America.

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We work at the intersection of regulatory requirements, environmental science, and engineering solutions.

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Our Expertise

Hydropower specialists focused on developing engineering, regulatory, and environmental solutions.

Hydropower Engineering

From modernizing legacy facilities to designing new projects from the ground up, we bring deep technical expertise and a practical, problem-solving mindset to your project. Our focus? Helping you reduce costs, boost revenue, and deliver reliable power for future generations.

Clients trust us because we get it right the first time. Our reputation is built on clarity, precision, and the ability to navigate hydropower development’s complex technical, regulatory, and legal terrain. Every project is staffed with seasoned professionals, and your core team stays with you from start to finish.

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Licensing and Permitting

Sorting through regulatory agency jurisdictions and their requirements, regardless of the project size or complexity, is often characterized as a daunting task. We have been helping companies like yours navigate the regulatory process for more than four decades; this is an area where experience matters! Let us help you turn regulatory red tape into a clear, navigable path.

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Fisheries Engineering

With experience on 275+ projects, Kleinschmidt combines biological, regulatory, and engineering know‑how to design fish passage and hatchery systems that keep your hydropower facility compliant, protect aquatic life, and advance your project with the assurance of an industry‑leading team.

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Dam Safety and Water Infrastructure Engineering

Our FERC‑qualified engineers and independent consultants have translated hundreds of dam inspections into clear, cost‑smart action plans, helping owners secure spillways, gates, and entire structures while staying compliant. We provide integrated studies, inspections, and designs that meet the needs of today’s dam owners. You can rest assured your project is in the best hands.

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Environmental Services

Kleinschmidt has transformed tough land and water resource challenges—whether ecosystem assessments, habitat and river restorations, watershed or reservoir management, dam removal, fish passage, or wetland impact studies—into sustainable, cost‑smart wins by embedding biologists, planners, and engineers on one seamless team that streamlines permitting, trims budgets and timelines, and delivers resilient solutions that safeguard both your project and the environment.

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Data and Analytical Solutions

Managing the sheer volume of data collected through hydroelectric operations and regulatory compliance can feel overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. At Kleinschmidt, we help you turn complex data into clear insights and actionable solutions. Our data specialists, GIS analysts, modelers, and statisticians partner with you to transform your information into a powerful asset, streamlining operations, strengthening compliance, and uncovering trends that drive more intelligent decisions.

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Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling

When water moves, so do risk, revenue, and regulations. Kleinschmidt’s Hydraulics and hydrology team turns that complexity into confident action. We translate 1D/2D/3D models and decades of engineering experience into clear guidance on flood risk, operational changes, compliance, and environmental performance, so your hydropower and water resource projects run safer, smarter, and more efficiently.

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Water Resource Engineering and Habitat Restoration

We unite hydrologists, hydraulic and civil engineers, and fisheries scientists in a single, agile team that takes your water‑resource project from first analysis through design, permitting, and construction, delivering cost‑smart hydraulic structures and environmental enhancements that protect local ecosystems, win stakeholder and regulatory approval faster, and stand the test of time.

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Our Work

DuPont Experimental Station Dam Decommissioning Design

Brandywine River Restoration Trust’s (BRRT) requested a feasibility study to evaluate the most effective fish passage at this dam and then the development of construction drawings to implement the preferred design.

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DuPont Experimental Station Dam Decommissioning Design

Brandywine River Restoration Trust’s (BRRT) requested a feasibility study to evaluate the most effective fish passage at this dam and then the development of construction drawings to implement the preferred design.

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Shikellamy Nature-like Fishway

The Pennsylvania DCNR required engineering support for the evaluation of an existing nature-like fishway (NLF) design and subsequent final design and construction support for the revised fishway at the Adam T. Bower Memorial Dam (an inflatable dam).

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Shikellamy Nature-like Fishway

The Pennsylvania DCNR required engineering support for the evaluation of an existing nature-like fishway (NLF) design and subsequent final design and construction support for the revised fishway at the Adam T. Bower Memorial Dam (an inflatable dam).

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Lock No.14 Heidelberg Hydroelectric Project

Utilizing lessons learned at Lock 12 (Ravenna Hydroelectric Project located downstream that used vertical Flygt turbines and competed by AHA in 2021); repurpose an abandoned USACE lock to house a new powerhouse capable of withstanding floods that overtop the lock wall by up to 23.5 feet.

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Lock No.14 Heidelberg Hydroelectric Project

Utilizing lessons learned at Lock 12 (Ravenna Hydroelectric Project located downstream that used vertical Flygt turbines and competed by AHA in 2021); repurpose an abandoned USACE lock to house a new powerhouse capable of withstanding floods that overtop the lock wall by up to 23.5 feet.

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Mactaquac Generating Station Life Achievement Project

Kleinschmidt has provided high-level assessments of potential upstream and downstream fish passage options that could be included in the facility's planned rehabilitation. Work has included assisting in identifying species management goals, developing design criteria for upstream and downstream passage alternatives, and developing concept-level designs of potential new and modified fish passage facilities.

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Mactaquac Generating Station Life Achievement Project

Kleinschmidt has provided high-level assessments of potential upstream and downstream fish passage options that could be included in the facility's planned rehabilitation. Work has included assisting in identifying species management goals, developing design criteria for upstream and downstream passage alternatives, and developing concept-level designs of potential new and modified fish passage facilities.

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Swinging Bridge Minimum Flow Powerhouse Design

Kleinschmidt helped ECRE achieve economic incentives by providing an Independent Engineer’s (IE) report certifying that the project was commercially operational by December 31, 2019 to support ECRE’s NYSERDA application.

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Swinging Bridge Minimum Flow Powerhouse Design

Kleinschmidt helped ECRE achieve economic incentives by providing an Independent Engineer’s (IE) report certifying that the project was commercially operational by December 31, 2019 to support ECRE’s NYSERDA application.

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Kentucky River Lock & Dam 12 Submersible Hydropower Project

Success at Lock 12 provides a replicable, lower-impact pathway for adding clean, firm hydropower at other inactive locks along the Kentucky River system (e.g., Locks 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14), expanding rural renewable generation without new impoundments.

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Kentucky River Lock & Dam 12 Submersible Hydropower Project

Success at Lock 12 provides a replicable, lower-impact pathway for adding clean, firm hydropower at other inactive locks along the Kentucky River system (e.g., Locks 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14), expanding rural renewable generation without new impoundments.

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We are an employee-owned environmental and engineering consulting firm where employees have a say in growing and shaping the company.

“Kleinschmidt offers the opportunity to work with a team of forward-thinking people that strive to find solutions for today’s complicated environmental issues.”

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Nathalie Denis, PMP, Kleinschmidt Staff
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We are an employee-owned environmental and engineering consulting firm where employees have a say in growing and shaping the company.

“Kleinschmidt is all about the team. I enjoy working with a variety of different people who care about what they do. Each person brings something unique to the table to come up with a practical solution for a complex problems.”

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Jonathan Vickers, P.E., Project Engineer
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We are an employee-owned environmental and engineering consulting firm where employees have a say in growing and shaping the company.

“I love the variety of projects I get to work on at Kleinschmidt as an H&H engineer! I’m able to use various programs to solve complex problems and have the flexibility to find the best way to address a challenge. There is always an opportunity to try something new, and lots of expertise to help guide young professionals in the industry.”

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Isha Deo, P.E., Project Engineer
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We are an employee-owned environmental and engineering consulting firm where employees have a say in growing and shaping the company.

“Year after year I am surprised at the diversity of projects that I get to work on and the fun our team has as we help our clients solve their problems. Whether it is a nature-like fish passage, dam removal, stream restoration, civil site design, or permitting, I am excited to come to work at Kleinschmidt to collaborate with our excellent staff and clients.”

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Tyler Kreider, P.E., Senior Ecological Engineer
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