Power Production Curve section text

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docs/Fervo_Project_Cape-5.md.jinja

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 #### Power Production Curve
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 ![caption](_images/fervo_project_cape-5-net-power-production.png)
 
+The project's generation profile (as seen in the graph above) exhibits distinctive cyclical behavior driven by the interaction between wellbore physics, reservoir thermal evolution, and economic constraints:
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+1. Thermal Conditioning (Years 1-5): The initial rise in net power production, peaking at approximately 540 MW, is driven by the thermal conditioning of the production wellbores. As hot geofluid continuously flows through the wells, the wellbore casing and surrounding rock heat up, reducing conductive heat loss as predicted by the Ramey wellbore model.
+1. Reservoir Drawdown (Years 5-8): Following the conditioning peak, power output declines as the cold front from injection wells reaches the production zone (thermal breakthrough), reducing the produced fluid enthalpy.
+1. Redrilling (Years 8, 16, 24): To ensure the facility meets its 500 MW net PPA obligation, the model triggers redrilling events when production drops near the contractual minimum (corresponding to production temperature declining below the threshold defined by the `Maximum Drawdown` parameter value, as a percentage of the initial production temperature). These events simulate the redrilling of the entire wellfield to restore temperature and output. Their cost is amortized as an operational cost over the project lifetime.
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 ### Sensitivity Analysis
 
 The following charts show the sensitivity of key metrics to various inputs.