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SAM example descriptions - clarify BICYCLE comparison context
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README.rst

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- `example_SAM-single-owner-PPA.txt <tests/examples/example_SAM-single-owner-PPA.txt>`__
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- `.out <tests/examples/example_SAM-single-owner-PPA.out>`__
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- `link <https://gtp.scientificwebservices.com/geophires?geophires-example-id=example_SAM-single-owner-PPA>`__
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* - SAM Single Owner PPA: 400 MWe
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* - SAM Single Owner PPA: 400 MWe BICYCLE Comparison
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- `example_SAM-single-owner-PPA-2.txt <tests/examples/example_SAM-single-owner-PPA-2.txt>`__
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- `.out <tests/examples/example_SAM-single-owner-PPA-2.out>`__
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- `link <https://gtp.scientificwebservices.com/geophires?geophires-example-id=example_SAM-single-owner-PPA-2>`__

tests/examples/example_SAM-single-owner-PPA-2.txt

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# Example: SAM Single Owner PPA Economic Model
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# Example: SAM Single Owner PPA Economic Model: 400 MWe BICYCLE Comparison
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# This example is adapted from Fervo_Project_Cape-3, allowing for comparison between BICYCLE and SAM economic models.
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# See "SAM Economic Models" in GEOPHIRES documentation for details on how GEOPHIRES parameters and outputs are transformed and passed
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# to the SAM financial model.
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# NREL SAM PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) Financial Model documentation: https://sam.nrel.gov/financial-models/utility-scale-ppa
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# Note that this example produces an unrealistically high IRR of ~60%. This is an artifact of using Fervo_Project_Cape-3's
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# BICYCLE parameters and assumptions as-is with the SAM Economic Model (such as starting electricity rate = $15 cents/kWh).
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# See example_SAM-single-owner-PPA for parameters formulated with more refined assumptions appropriate for the
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# SAM Economic Model.
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# See "SAM Economic Models" in GEOPHIRES documentation: https://nrel.github.io/GEOPHIRES-X/SAM-Economic-Models.html
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# *** ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL PARAMETERS ***
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tests/examples/example_SAM-single-owner-PPA.txt

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# Example: SAM Single Owner PPA Economic Model
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# Example: SAM Single Owner PPA Economic Model: 50 MWe
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# This example demonstrates a 50 MWe EGS project with similar engineering parameters to Fervo Cape Station.
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# The SAM Single Owner PPA Economic Model calculates project NPV, after-tax IRR, and cash flow based on
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# electricity production, capital costs, and economic input parameters.

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