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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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Holcim / Ste. Genevieve Cement Plant

CementFEED· University of Illinois· 2024-08-29Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

3,056,339t/yr

Capture efficiency

95.0%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

60MW

CO₂ concentration

20.3%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$900.4M

Instrumentaiton and Control—

Feedwater & Misc. Balance of Plant Equipment & Systems—

Accessory Electric Plant—

Cooling Water System—

Buldings & Structure—

Improvements to Site—

CO2 Compression Equipment—

Flue Gas Cleanup—

Ductwork and Stack—

Labor—

Carbon Capture Plant—

▸Indirect Field Costs$517.7M

Engineering, Construction Management, Home Office and Fee—

▸Contingency & Escalation$250.5M

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$71.0M

Financing Cost—

Pre-production Cost—

Inventory Capital—

Total Capex$1.74B

Linde / Port Arthur Facility

Hydrogenpre-FEED· Linde· 2023-12-04Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,435,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

92.0%

Utilization

90.0%

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

16.2%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$489.9M

Materials Cost—

Construction—

▸Indirect Field Costs$37.5M

Engineering—

▸Contingency & Escalation$86.6M

Project Contingency—

Process Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$41.7M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$701.6M

Southern Company / Plant Barry

All· Trimeric· 2020-02-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

2,400,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

—

Utilization

95.0%

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

99.0%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$89.7M

Dehydration—

CO2 Compression Equipment—

Equipment installation, instrumentation and controls, piping, electrical, engineering, construction expenses, contractors’ fees, and process and project contingencies—

▸Indirect Field Costs—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Contingency & Escalation—

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$89.7M