Models in Innovation

// 2060 EGS Capacity GW
capacity_35 = truncateRight(10 to 1000, 2000) // 35 years from 2025

capacity(t) = max((t - 10) * capacity_35 / 25, 0)

// Global annual decline in carbon intensity of electricity after 2025
annual_carbon_intensity_decline = 0.5% to 7.5%

// Clobal annual increase in climate resilience after 2025
annual_increase_in_resilience = 0.5% to 8%

/*
 * Cost-effectiveness of DOE funding based on case studies of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) and Fracking
 */

// ===== EGS Model 1 =====
@name("EGS Model 1 Inputs")
egs1_inputs = {
  @name("Impact of 300GW EGS by 2050 (GT averted)")
  @doc("Estimated gigatonnes of CO2 averted in a scenario with 300GW EGS deployment by 2050")
  impact_300gw = normal(5, 1.24)