Model results and data for Nontechnical Barriers to Geothermal Development

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Data included in this submission support the analysis conducted for the report "Nontechnical Barriers to Geothermal Development" which is linked bellow. These data include information about the power purchase agreements (PPAs) analyzed for the report, inputs and model results for the pro forma economic analysis, and outputs from the regression analysis conducted on PPAs comparing geothermal and other power generation technologies.

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53 Results from regression analysis conducted examining historical generation contract prices from power purchase agreements to help identify electric market trends and opportunities for geothermal power shown in the Nontechnical Barriers to Geothermal Development Report. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1435/Regression%20Outputs%20for%20PPA%20Analysis%20%281%29.xlsx
53 Inputs and scenario details shown in the Nontechnical Barriers to Geothermal Development report for pro forma analyses and results for three scenarios for geothermal plants built in northern California, eastern Oregon, and New York. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1435/Pro%20Forma%20Inputs%20and%20Results.xlsx
53 Information about power purchase agreements analyzed in report "Nontechnical Barriers to Geothermal Development" to identify contract mechanisms that could be leveraged for geothermal development. https://gdr.openei.org/files/1435/PPA%20Terms%20Data%20%281%29.xlsx
21 This report identifies pathways to overcome barriers face by the geothermal energy world like a need to reduce the cost impacts of seismic risk, environmental risk, exploration, drilling and permitting cost risk, and reduced summer capacity on plant profitability. They also outline several contractual and operational strategies (including the use of hybrid systems) that plant operators can pursue to improve the value of their resource, such as multi part remuneration mechanisms that guarantee revenue (e.g., availability payments or a Contract for Differences approach) or resource risk hedging approaches (e.g., shaped market products and portfolio resource approaches) https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1879758

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  • ppa
  • osti
  • assessment
  • cost
  • processed-data
  • feasibility
  • pro-forma
  • regression-analysis
  • nontechnical-barriers
  • power-purchase-agreement
  • electricity
  • economic
  • power-production
  • u-s-department-of-energy-office-of-scientific-and-technical-information
  • geothermal
  • energy
  • excel

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