11# Case Study: Fervo Cape Station: 500 MWe Production
22https://github.com/NREL/GEOPHIRES-X/issues/385?title=Fervo+Cape+Station+500+MWe+update
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43# *** ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL PARAMETERS ***
54# *************************************
65Economic Model, 5, -- SAM Single Owner PPA
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ Property Tax Rate, 0
1918Surface Plant Capital Cost Adjustment Factor, 0.71, -- $1900/kW (peak production)
2019Exploration Capital Cost, 30
2120Well Drilling and Completion Capital Cost, 3.84, -- Assume cost continues to decrease from $4.8M/well (https://houston.innovationmap.com/fervo-energy-drilling-utah-project-2667300142.html)
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2321# *** SURFACE & SUBSURFACE TECHNICAL PARAMETERS ***
2422# *************************************************
2523End-Use Option, 1
@@ -35,8 +33,8 @@ Reservoir Porosity, 0.0118
3533Reservoir Impedance, 0.001
3634Number of Fractures, 149
3735Fracture Shape, 4
38- Fracture Height, 2000
39- Fracture Width, 10000
36+ Fracture Height, 1400
37+ Fracture Width, 1400
4038Fracture Separation, 30
4139Number of Segments, 1
4240Gradient 1, 74, -- temperature at 8500 ft: 200 degC (https://pangea.stanford.edu/ERE/db/GeoConf/papers/SGW/2024/Fercho.pdf); 228.89 degC @ 9824 ft (https://doi.org/10.31223/X5VH8C)
@@ -53,7 +51,7 @@ Plant Outlet Pressure, 1000 psi
5351Production Wellhead Pressure, 325 psi
5452Utilization Factor, .9
5553Water Loss Fraction, 0.10
56- Maximum Drawdown, 1
54+ Maximum Drawdown, 0.005, -- WIP
5755Ambient Temperature, 10 degC
5856Surface Temperature, 10 degC
5957Circulation Pump Efficiency, 0.80
@@ -62,7 +60,6 @@ Has Nonvertical Section, True
6260Multilaterals Cased, True
6361Number of Multilateral Sections, 3
6462Nonvertical Length per Multilateral Section, 4700 feet
65- # TODO drawdown - redrill at 10 years after ~25C production temp drop
6663
6764# *** SIMULATION PARAMETERS ***
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