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# SAM Economic Models
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- SAM Economic Models leverage [ NREL's SAM Financial Models] ( https://sam.nrel.gov/financial-models.html )
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- by transforming GEOPHIRES parameters into SAM parameters and running SAM with [ PySAM] ( https://github.com/NREL/pysam ) .
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+ GEOPHIRES SAM Economic Models leverage [ NREL's SAM Financial Models] ( https://sam.nrel.gov/financial-models.html )
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+ by transforming GEOPHIRES parameters into SAM parameters and running the corresponding SAM model
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+ with [ PySAM] ( https://github.com/NREL/pysam ) .
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- ## SAM Single- Owner PPA
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+ ## SAM Single Owner PPA
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- SAM Financial
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+ Corresponding SAM Financial
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Model: [ Power Purchase Agreement (PPA): Single owner] ( https://sam.nrel.gov/financial-models/utility-scale-ppa )
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### Parameters
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[ EconomicsSam.py] ( https://github.com/softwareengineerprogrammer/GEOPHIRES/blob/274786e6799d32dad3f42a2a04297818b811f24c/src/geophires_x/EconomicsSam.py#L135-L195 ) .
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(Note that the source code implementation determines actual behavior in the case of any discrepancies.)
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- .. <RST_Comment>
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- .. Comment entries of ".. N/A" render as blank in the final RST, by design.
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- .. This entry value is required because m2r2 (https://pypi.org/project/m2r2/ ) seems to choke and bail on rendering
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- .. the entire table when blank comment entries are blank. Make sure to check this doesn't happen when making changes
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- .. to this file by running ` tox -e docs ` and opening ` dist/docs/SAM-Economic-Models.html ` in your browser!
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- ..
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- .. TODO: Generate this programmatically (like schema generator) to prevent drift between code and documentation.
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- .. </RST_Comment>
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| GEOPHIRES Parameter(s) | SAM Category | SAM Input(s) | SAM Module(s) | SAM Parameter Name(s) | Comment |
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| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| ` Maximum Total Electricity Generation ` | Generation Profile | ` Nameplate capacity ` | ` Singleowner ` | ` system_capacity ` | .. N/A |
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| ` Production Tax Credit Inflation Adjusted ` , ` Inflation Rate ` | Incentives → Production Tax Credit (PTC) | ` Federal ` → ` Escalation (%/yr) ` | ` Singleowner ` | ` ptc_fed_escal ` | If ` Production Tax Credit Inflation Adjusted ` = True, GEOPHIRES set's SAM's PTC escalation rate to the inflation rate. SAM applies the escalation rate to years 2 and later of the project cash flow. Note that this produces escalation rates that are similar to inflation-adjusted equivalents, but not exactly equal. |
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| ` Other Incentives ` + ` One-time Grants Etc ` | Incentives → Investment Based Incentive (IBI) | ` Other ` → ` Amount ($) ` | ` Singleowner ` | ` ibi_oth_amount ` | .. N/A |
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+ .. <RST_Comment>
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+ .. Comment entries of ".. N/A" render as blank in the final RST, by design.
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+ .. This entry value is required because m2r2 (https://pypi.org/project/m2r2/ ) seems to choke and bail on rendering
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+ .. the entire table when blank comment entries are blank. Make sure to check this doesn't happen when making changes
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+ .. to this file by running ` tox -e docs ` and opening ` dist/docs/SAM-Economic-Models.html ` in your browser!
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+ ..
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+ .. TODO: Generate this programmatically (like schema generator) to prevent drift between code and documentation.
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+ .. </RST_Comment>
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### Limitations
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1 . Only Electricity end-use is supported
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2 . Only 1 construction year is supported
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- 3 . The following economic outputs are not supported :
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+ 3 . The following economic outputs are not calculated :
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1 . Project VIR=PI=PIR
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2 . Project MOIC
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- 3 . Project payback period
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+ 3 . Project Payback Period
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