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Table 4 GEOPHIRES output results for example simulation 2

From: GEOPHIRES v2.0: updated geothermal techno-economic simulation tool

Average net electricity production

12.4 MWe

Average net annual electricity delivery

98 GWhe year−1

LCOE (in 2017 constant dollars)

¢11.6 kWh −1th

Total capital costs (M$)

$82.6 M

Drilling and completion costs (for 6 wells)

$27.2 M

Surface plant cost

$46.7 M

Fluid gathering system cost

$4.1 M

Exploration cost

$4.6 M

Total annual O&M costs (M$ year−1)

$2.4 M year−1

Wellfield O&M cost

$0.67 M year−1

Surface equipment O&M cost

$1.76 M year−1