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|`Net Electricity Generation`| AC Degradation |`Annual AC degradation rate` schedule |`Utilityrate5`|`degradation`| Percentage difference of each year's `Net Electricity Generation` from `Maximum Total Electricity Generation` is input as SAM as the degradation rate schedule in order to match SAM's generation profile to GEOPHIRES |
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|`Total CAPEX` × (1 + `Inflation Rate During Construction`)| Installation Costs |`Total Installed Cost`|`Singleowner`|`total_installed_cost`| Inflation during construction is treated as an indirect EPC capital cost percentage. Note that unlike the BICYCLE Economic Model's `Total capital costs`, SAM Economic Model's `Total CAPEX` is the total installed cost and does not subtract ITC value (if present).|
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|{`Total CAPEX`before inflation} × (1 + `Accrued financing during construction (%)`/100);| Installation Costs|`Total Installed Cost`|`Singleowner`|`total_installed_cost`|`Accrued financing during construction (%)` = (1+`Inflation Rate During Construction`) × 100 if `Inflation Rate During Construction` is provided or ((1+`Inflation Rate`) ^ `Construction Years`) × 100 if not.|
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|`Fraction of Investment in Bonds`| Financial Parameters → Project Term Debt |`Debt percent`|`Singleowner`|`debt_percent`| .. N/A |
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|`Inflated Bond Interest Rate`| Financial Parameters → Project Term Debt |`Annual interest rate`|`Singleowner`|`term_int_rate`| .. N/A |
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|`Starting Electricity Sale Price`, `Ending Electricity Sale Price`, `Electricity Escalation Rate Per Year`, `Electricity Escalation Start Year`| Revenue |`PPA price`|`Singleowner`|`ppa_price_input`| GEOPHIRES's pricing model is used to create a PPA price schedule that is passed to SAM. |
|`Investment Tax Credit Rate`| Incentives → Investment Tax Credit (ITC) |`Federal` → `Percentage (%)`|`Singleowner`|`itc_fed_percent`|Note that unlike the BICYCLE Economic Model's `Total capital costs`, SAM Economic Model's `Total CAPEX` is the total installed cost and does not subtract ITC value (if present).|
|`Production Tax Credit Inflation Adjusted`, `Inflation Rate`| Incentives → Production Tax Credit (PTC) |`Federal` → `Escalation (%/yr)`|`Singleowner`|`ptc_fed_escal`| If `Production Tax Credit Inflation Adjusted` = True, GEOPHIRES set's SAM's PTC escalation rate to the inflation rate. SAM applies the escalation rate to years 2 and later of the project cash flow. Note that this produces escalation rates that are similar to inflation-adjusted equivalents, but not exactly equal. |
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