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Table 5 Cost model for operating expenditure per year
Energy/resource-related | Energy, € | \({\mathrm{Pr}}_{\mathrm{el}}\cdot \frac{{P}_{\mathrm{hydr}}}{{{\eta }_{\mathrm{motor}}\cdot {\eta }_{\mathrm{isentrop}}\cdot \eta }_{\mathrm{FU}}}\cdot {\mathrm{FLH}}_{\mathrm{gt}}\) |
Other operating supplies, e.g., working fluids, disposal costs, inhibitors, fresh/wastewater, and other power consumptions, € | 1% of capital expenditures for the relevant items | |
Operations-related | Own personnel, € | \(\mathrm{220,000}\cdot {e}^{5{\cdot 10}^{-6}\cdot {P}_{\mathrm{th}}\left[\mathrm{kW}\right]}\) |
Remote monitoring and standby service, € | 25% of own personnel cost | |
Seismic monitoring, € | 60,000 | |
Maintenance and repair wells, € | 0.5% of well cost | |
Maintenance and repair surface facilities, € | 3% of capital expenditures for surface facilities | |
Other | Liability insurance costs, € | 90,000 |
Insurance for electronic and machinery breakdown, € | 0.6% of capital expenditure | |
Administrative costs not yet taken into account (e.g., legal counsel) and public relations, € | 25,000 |