; (B) aquatic life and resources; (C) navigation of waterways; and (D) upstream and downstream environmental conditions, including sediment movement, water quality, and flow volumes; (7) identify ways to increase power generation by— (A) diversifying plant configuration options; (B) improving pump-back efficiencies; (C) investigating multi-phase systems; (D) developing, testing, and monitoring advanced generators with faster cycling times, variable speeds, and improved efficiencies; (E) developing, testing, and monitoring advanced turbines capable of improving environmental impact, including potential cumulative environmental impacts, including small turbine designs; (F) developing standardized powertrain components; (G) developing components with advanced materials and manufacturing processes, including additive manufacturing; and (H) developing analytical tools that enable hydropower to provide grid services that, amongst other services, improve grid integration of other energy sources; (8) advance new pumped storage technologies, including— (A) systems with adjustable speed and other new pumping and generating equipment designs; (B) modular systems; (C) alternative closed-loop systems, including mines and quarries; and (D) other innovative equipment and materials as determined by the Secretary; (9) reduce civil works costs and construction times for hydropower and pumped storage systems, including comprehensive data and systems analysis of hydropower and pumped storage construction technologies and processes in order to identify areas for whole-system efficiency gains; (10) advance efficient and reliable integration of hydropower and pumped storage systems with the electric grid by— (A) improving methods for operational forecasting of renewable energy systems to identify opportunities for hydropower applications in pumped storage and hybrid energy systems, including forecasting of seasonal and annual energy storage; (B) considering aggregating small distributed hydropower assets