Downstream fish passage at the Soeix power plant (64)

Project owner EDF UP Sud-Ouest

Type of project Fish passage compliance works, downstream migration.

Main technical features

Fine-bar screen (20 mm spacing) inclined at 26°; 3 downstream passage outlets leading to a trough with a progressively varying cross-section and a civil-engineered receiving basin; adaptation of the screen cleaner to the new inclination of the screen.

Specific constraints

AFB national reference site (formerly ONEMA) for smolt downstream migration, with targeted turbine shutdowns during downstream migration periods.

  • Location Soeix 64400 Oloron-Sainte-Marie
  • Project / construction cost 450 K €
  • Years of completion 2016 - 2017

Downstream migration system

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