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| Parameter | Input Value(s) | Source |
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| Plant Lifetime | 30 years | 30-year well life per Fervo Energy, 2025 (Geothermal Mythbusting: Water Use and Impacts). |
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| Construction time | 3 years | Based on 2-6 year construction time for a 1 GW plant (Yusifov & Enriquez, 2025). |
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| Well diameter | 9⅝ inches | Next standard size up from 7", implied by announcement of "increasing casing diameter" |
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| Flow Rate per Production Well | 107 kg/s | Fercho et al, 2025 models reservoir performance using 100 kg/s per well. The announced increased casing diameter implies higher flow rates, so the case study uses the maximum flow rate achieved at Cape Station of 107 kg/s per Fervo Energy, 2024. |
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| Number of Doublets | 59 | Estimate based on extrapolation from previous case studies including [Project Red](https://gtp.scientificwebservices.com/geophires/?geophires-example-id=Fervo_Norbeck_Latimer_2023) and [Fervo_Project_Cape-3](https://gtp.scientificwebservices.com/geophires/?geophires-example-id=Fervo_Project_Cape-3) |
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US DOE. (2021). Combined Heat and Power Technology Fact Sheet Series: Waste Heat to
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Power. https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/Waste_Heat_to_Power_Fact_Sheet.pdf
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Yusifov, M., & Enriquez, N. (2025, July). From Core to Code: Powering the Al Revolution with Geothermal Energy.
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Project InnerSpace. https://projectinnerspace.org/resources/Powering-the-AI-Revolution.pdf

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