Economic feasibility assessment methodology

this deliverable is linked to Task 5.2, in which an integrated analysis of statistics, related economic studies and publications will be carried out to enable a synthesis of the energy markets trends and prices, and evaluate the potential of CHPM technology compared to conventional, non-renewable energy sources, other renewable energy options, conventional hydrothermal plants and already operating EGS plants. The constraints of the present solutions shall be defined in order to understand the challenges that the CHPM research and innovation efforts shall tackle and also the market opportunities for the new technologies shall be identified. The European supply of raw materials will be integrated in the assessment in order to allow the determination of present gross value of potentially extracted materials and the possible future effect of CHPM operation on supply and demand, and the price of critical materials. This analysis will have to include the present supply of materials and prices, the cost of mining operations, and on the other hand, potentially extracted quantities of minerals, the cost of new technologies compared to traditional mining technologies and the estimated evolution of the demand for critical raw materials.