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‎tests/examples/Fervo_Project_Cape-2.out

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***CASE REPORT***
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Simulation Metadata
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GEOPHIRES Version: 3.6.0
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Simulation Date: 2024-10-04
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Simulation Time: 12:55
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Calculation Time: 0.656 sec
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***SUMMARY OF RESULTS***
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End-Use Option: Electricity
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Average Net Electricity Production: 8.90 MW
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Electricity breakeven price: 10.19 cents/kWh
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Number of production wells: 1
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Number of injection wells: 2
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Flowrate per production well: 93.0 kg/sec
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Well depth (or total length, if not vertical): 2.6 kilometer
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Geothermal gradient: 74 degC/km
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***ECONOMIC PARAMETERS***
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Economic Model = BICYCLE
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Accrued financing during construction: 5.00
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Project lifetime: 15 yr
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Capacity factor: 90.0 %
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Project NPV: 46.67 MUSD
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Project IRR: 17.54 %
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Project VIR=PI=PIR: 1.92
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Project MOIC: 1.40
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Project Payback Period: 6.50 yr
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Estimated Jobs Created: 19
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***ENGINEERING PARAMETERS***
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Number of Production Wells: 1
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Number of Injection Wells: 2
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Well depth (or total length, if not vertical): 2.6 kilometer
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Water loss rate: 2.0
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Pump efficiency: 80.0
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Injection temperature: 56.7 degC
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Production Wellbore heat transmission calculated with Ramey's model
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Average production well temperature drop: 2.3 degC
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Flowrate per production well: 93.0 kg/sec
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Injection well casing ID: 7.000 in
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Production well casing ID: 7.000 in
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Number of times redrilling: 0
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Power plant type: Supercritical ORC
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***RESOURCE CHARACTERISTICS***
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Maximum reservoir temperature: 500.0 degC
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Number of segments: 1
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Geothermal gradient: 74 degC/km
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***RESERVOIR PARAMETERS***
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Reservoir Model = Multiple Parallel Fractures Model
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Bottom-hole temperature: 201.72 degC
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Fracture model = Rectangular
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Well separation: fracture height: 300.00 meter
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Fracture width: 400.00 meter
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Fracture area: 120000.00 m**2
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Reservoir volume calculated with fracture separation and number of fractures as input
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Number of fractures: 108.00
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Fracture separation: 30.00 meter
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Reservoir volume: 385200000 m**3
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Reservoir impedance: 0.01 GPa.s/m**3
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Reservoir density: 2800.00 kg/m**3
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Reservoir thermal conductivity: 3.05 W/m/K
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Reservoir heat capacity: 790.00 J/kg/K
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***RESERVOIR SIMULATION RESULTS***
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Maximum Production Temperature: 199.7 degC
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Average Production Temperature: 199.5 degC
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Minimum Production Temperature: 198.2 degC
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Initial Production Temperature: 198.2 degC
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Average Reservoir Heat Extraction: 55.61 MW
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Production Wellbore Heat Transmission Model = Ramey Model
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Average Production Well Temperature Drop: 2.3 degC
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Total Average Pressure Drop: 607.6 kPa
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Average Injection Well Pressure Drop: 475.8 kPa
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Average Reservoir Pressure Drop: 976.6 kPa
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Average Production Well Pressure Drop: 2003.0 kPa
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Average Buoyancy Pressure Drop: -2847.8 kPa
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***CAPITAL COSTS (M$)***
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Drilling and completion costs: 14.40 MUSD
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Drilling and completion costs per well: 4.80 MUSD
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Stimulation costs: 10.00 MUSD
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Surface power plant costs: 24.69 MUSD
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Field gathering system costs: 1.68 MUSD
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Total surface equipment costs: 26.37 MUSD
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Exploration costs: 0.00 MUSD
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Total capital costs: 50.77 MUSD
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***OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS (M$/yr)***
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Wellfield maintenance costs: 0.43 MUSD/yr
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Power plant maintenance costs: 1.19 MUSD/yr
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Water costs: 0.05 MUSD/yr
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Total operating and maintenance costs: 1.67 MUSD/yr
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***SURFACE EQUIPMENT SIMULATION RESULTS***
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Initial geofluid availability: 0.19 MW/(kg/s)
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Maximum Total Electricity Generation: 9.06 MW
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Average Total Electricity Generation: 9.04 MW
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Minimum Total Electricity Generation: 8.90 MW
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Initial Total Electricity Generation: 8.90 MW
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Maximum Net Electricity Generation: 8.92 MW
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Average Net Electricity Generation: 8.90 MW
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Minimum Net Electricity Generation: 8.75 MW
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Initial Net Electricity Generation: 8.75 MW
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Average Annual Total Electricity Generation: 70.80 GWh
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Average Annual Net Electricity Generation: 69.67 GWh
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Initial pumping power/net installed power: 1.68 %
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Average Pumping Power: 0.15 MW
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* HEATING, COOLING AND/OR ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION PROFILE *
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YEAR THERMAL GEOFLUID PUMP NET FIRST LAW
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DRAWDOWN TEMPERATURE POWER POWER EFFICIENCY
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(degC) (MW) (MW) (%)
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1 1.0000 198.18 0.1471 8.7519 15.8800
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2 1.0045 199.07 0.1458 8.8514 15.9610
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3 1.0054 199.25 0.1455 8.8723 15.9780
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4 1.0059 199.35 0.1454 8.8833 15.9868
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5 1.0062 199.41 0.1453 8.8906 15.9927
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6 1.0064 199.46 0.1452 8.8959 15.9970
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7 1.0066 199.50 0.1451 8.9002 16.0004
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8 1.0068 199.53 0.1451 8.9036 16.0032
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9 1.0069 199.56 0.1450 8.9066 16.0056
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10 1.0070 199.58 0.1450 8.9091 16.0076
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11 1.0071 199.60 0.1450 8.9113 16.0094
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12 1.0072 199.62 0.1450 8.9133 16.0110
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13 1.0073 199.63 0.1449 8.9150 16.0124
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14 1.0074 199.65 0.1449 8.9166 16.0137
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15 1.0074 199.66 0.1449 8.9181 16.0149
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* ANNUAL HEATING, COOLING AND/OR ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION PROFILE *
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YEAR ELECTRICITY HEAT RESERVOIR PERCENTAGE OF
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PROVIDED EXTRACTED HEAT CONTENT TOTAL HEAT MINED
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(GWh/year) (GWh/year) (10^15 J) (%)
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1 69.5 436.2 116.63 1.33
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2 69.9 437.5 115.05 2.66
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3 70.0 437.9 113.48 4.00
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4 70.1 438.2 111.90 5.33
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5 70.1 438.4 110.32 6.66
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6 70.2 438.5 108.74 8.00
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7 70.2 438.6 107.16 9.34
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8 70.2 438.7 105.58 10.67
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9 70.2 438.8 104.00 12.01
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10 70.2 438.8 102.42 13.35
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11 70.3 438.9 100.84 14.68
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12 70.3 438.9 99.26 16.02
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13 70.3 439.0 97.68 17.36
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14 70.3 439.0 96.10 18.69
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15 63.3 395.1 94.68 19.90
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* REVENUE & CASHFLOW PROFILE *
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Year Electricity | Heat | Cooling | Carbon | Project
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Since Price Ann. Rev. Cumm. Rev. | Price Ann. Rev. Cumm. Rev. | Price Ann. Rev. Cumm. Rev. | Price Ann. Rev. Cumm. Rev. | OPEX Net Rev. Net Cashflow
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1 0.00 -50.77 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 -50.77 -50.77
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2 15.00 8.75 10.43 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 1.67 8.75 -42.02
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3 15.00 8.81 20.91 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 1.67 8.81 -33.21
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4 15.41 9.11 31.69 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 1.67 9.11 -24.10
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5 15.81 9.40 42.77 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 1.67 9.40 -14.70
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6 16.22 9.70 54.14 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 1.67 9.70 -5.00
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7 16.62 9.99 65.80 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 1.67 9.99 4.98
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8 17.03 10.28 77.75 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 1.67 10.28 15.26
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9 17.43 10.56 89.99 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 1.67 10.56 25.83
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10 17.84 10.85 102.51 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 1.67 10.85 36.68
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11 18.24 11.14 115.33 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 1.67 11.14 47.82
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12 18.65 11.43 128.43 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 1.67 11.43 59.25
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13 19.05 11.72 141.82 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 1.67 11.72 70.97
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14 19.46 12.00 155.50 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 1.67 12.00 82.97
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15 19.86 12.29 169.47 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 2.50 0.00 0.00 | 0.00 0.00 0.00 | 1.67 12.29 95.26

‎tests/examples/Fervo_Project_Cape_lite.txt renamed to ‎tests/examples/Fervo_Project_Cape-2.txt

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# Fervo Project Cape 'Lite' - match results from https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/7665/
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# Case Study: Fervo Project Cape 2: Matches/approximates Fervo results pre-published 2024-09-10 at
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# https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/7665/ (citation below) using available data from paper and other sources.
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# Norbeck J., Gradl C., and Latimer T. 2024.
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# Deployment of Enhanced Geothermal System technology leads to rapid cost reductions and performance improvements."
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# https://doi.org/10.31223/X5VH8C
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