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Update/synchronize Fervo_Project_Cape-4 Inflation Rate During Construction documentation
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docs/Fervo_Project_Cape-4.md

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| Fraction of Investment in Bonds (percent debt vs. equity) | 60% | Approximate remaining percentage of CAPEX with $1 billion sponsor equity per Matson, 2024. Note that this source says that Fervo ultimately wants to target "15% sponsor equity, 15% bridge loan, and 70% construction to term loans", but this case study does not attempt to model that capital structure. |
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| Exploration Capital Cost | $30M | Estimate significantly higher exploration costs than default correlation in consideration of potential risks associated with second/third/fourth-of-a-kind EGS projects |
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| Investment Tax Credit Rate (ITC) | 30% | Same as 400 MWe case study (Fervo_Project_Cape-3) |
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| Inflation Rate During Construction | 4.769% | Yields 15% indirect capital cost over 3-year construction period |
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| Inflation Rate During Construction | 15% | Models a higher annual inflation rate (4.769%) over the 3-year construction period as a hedge against short-term inflation volatility. |
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### Technical & Engineering Parameters
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tests/examples/Fervo_Project_Cape-4.txt

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Inflated Bond Interest Rate, .056
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Inflation Rate, .023, -- US inflation as of April 2025
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Inflation Rate During Construction, 0.15, -- Corresponds to a higher inflation rate (4.769%) over the construction period to hedge against short-term inflation volatility.
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Inflation Rate During Construction, 0.15, -- Models a higher annual inflation rate (4.769%) over the 3-year construction period as a hedge against short-term inflation volatility.
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Construction Years, 3, -- Calibrated to a 2-6 year construction time for a 1 GW plant (Yusifov & Enriquez, 2025)
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