Hydropower research, development, and demonstration

The Secretary shall conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for technologies that improve the capacity, efficiency, resilience, security, reliability, affordability, and environmental impact, including potential cumulative environmental impacts, of hydropower systems. In carrying out such program, the Secretary shall prioritize activities designed to— develop technology for— develop new strategies and technologies, including analytical methods, physical and numerical tools, and advanced computing, as well as methods to validate such methods and tools, in order to— identify opportunities for joint research, development, and demonstration programs between hydropower systems, which may include— develop methods and technologies to improve environmental impact, including potential cumulative environmental impacts, of hydropower and pumped storage technologies, including potential impacts on wildlife, such as— identify ways to increase power generation by— advance new pumped storage technologies, including— advance efficient and reliable integration of hydropower and pumped storage systems with the electric grid by—