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Add Estimated Jobs Created for electricity end-use #240

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Per https://geothermal.org/resources/geothermal-basics:

Jobs Boost. Geothermal power plants employ about 1.17 persons per MW. Adding related governmental, administrative, and technical jobs, the number increases to 2.13.

Calculates Estimated Jobs Created as Electricity Produced MW * 2.13 when End-Use option is electricity.

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@softwareengineerprogrammer softwareengineerprogrammer added the enhancement New feature or improvement (as opposed to bug/problem) label Jun 19, 2024
@softwareengineerprogrammer softwareengineerprogrammer marked this pull request as ready for review June 19, 2024 16:35
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How about we add an input parameter that is the "Jobs Created per MW" multiplier, and set it by default to 2.13? Then, when the number changes, we don't have to change a hard-coded value.

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How about we add an input parameter that is the "Jobs Created per MW" multiplier, and set it by default to 2.13? Then, when the number changes, we don't have to change a hard-coded value.

Makes sense, done.

@softwareengineerprogrammer softwareengineerprogrammer merged commit af2fdf7 into NREL:main Jun 19, 2024
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