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Carbon Capture Costs: FEED & pre-FEED Cost Reports
Carbon capture costs from pre-FEED and FEED studies across power, cement, steel, natural gas, hydrogen and other industrial sectors. Browse capital (capex) and operating (opex) cost estimates from publicly available engineering reports, drill down into cost buckets and line items, and compare up to three projects side-by-side.
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Rayburn Energy Station / Sherman Power Plant
CO₂ captured
645,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
85.0%
Utilization
57.0%
Parasitic load
67.3MW
CO₂ concentration
6.0%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$385.9M
Distribution control system (DCS), communication, main power supply, all distribution system, auxiliary system—
CO2 absorption—
Civil structural work—
General utility system—
CO2 Compression Equipment—
Flue Gas Conditioning—
Solvent regeneration—
Stack connection and modification—
▸Indirect Field Costs$59.1M
Construction preliminaries—
Engineering—
Mechanical completion, commissioning and testing—
Training—
▸Contingency & Escalation—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Interest During Construction$27.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$5.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$477.0M
CLECO / Brame Energy Center Madison 3 Unit
CoalFEED· Cleco Power· 2025-03-25
CO₂ captured
4,280,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
80.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
14.1%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$667.2M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Indirect Field Costs$509.3M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$120.7M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$1.30B
Phillips 66 / Rodeo Refinery
CO₂ captured
190,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
94.5%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
18.0%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$100.7M
Labor—
Major Equipment—
Site Improvements—
Concrete—
Structural Steel—
Ductwork, Insulation, Piping—
Instrumentation and Electrical—
Painting—
Freight—
Design Allowance—
▸Indirect Field Costs$60.9M
Indirect Labor—
Indirect Materials—
Engineering—
Project Development (FEL 2 and 3)—
▸Contingency & Escalation$48.3M
Contingency—
Escalation—
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$29.4M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$239.4M