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@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ The following table describes how GEOPHIRES parameters are transformed into SAM
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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` 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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| `Total O&M Cost`, `Inflation Rate` | Operating Costs | `Fixed operating cost`, `Escalation rate` set to `Inflation Rate` × -1 | `Singleowner` | `om_fixed`, `om_fixed_escal` | .. N/A |
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| `Royalty Rate` | Operating Costs | `Variable operating cost` | `Singleowner` | `om_production` | Royalties are treated as a variable operating cost to the owner |
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| `Plant Lifetime` | Financial Parameters → Analysis Parameters | `Analysis period` | `CustomGeneration`, `Singleowner` | `CustomGeneration.analysis_period`, `Singleowner.term_tenor` | .. N/A |
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| `Inflation Rate` | Financial Parameters → Analysis Parameters | `Inflation rate` | `Utilityrate5` | `inflation_rate` | .. N/A |
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| `Discount Rate` | Financial Parameters → Analysis Parameters | `Real discount rate` | `Singleowner` | `real_discount_rate` | .. N/A |

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