52 Risk and Innovation Overall, this technology has not been deployed for power generation. Cornell University has started drilling a well but mostly for research purposes. If MIT decides to test this technology, it could be seen as a significant demonstration project and benefit the university’s reputation. The technology carries some seismic risk due to subsurface drilling and injection for EGS. This risk is assumed to be low but further evaluation would be necessary, as well as a mitigation plan. Another risk is associated with toxicity from the MMWD system exhaust. The company proposes to address this by avoiding drilling through areas with concentrated toxic elements and using wet scrubbers. However, toxicity of particulate matter will likely be of concern to the MIT community; additional precautionary measures might be necessary. Scenarios Scenario name Description Cost [$million] Space requirement [m2] Risk [credits] Innovation [credits] Business as usual No drilling 0 0 0 0 Partial implementation Drilling of 4 wells to replace half of CUP power and heat generation 257 375,000 2 2 Full implementation Drilling of 8 wells to fully replace CUP power and heat generation 457 750,000 2 3
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