Furthering Advancements to Shorten the Time (FAST) to Commissioning for Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH) Prize: Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-19-00838

NREL initiated a prize with support from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Water Power Technologies Office (DOE WPTO) to encourage ideas to reduce the time to commissioning for PSH projects. As a result, Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) was chosen as one of nine finalists to develop their concept in advance of the FAST Prize Pitch Contest held on October 27, 2021. The National Labs provided technical and business advisement to SWRI in preparation for this Pitch Contest.