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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

Calpine / Deer Park Energy Center

Natural GasFEED· Calpine· 2023-05-03Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

500,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

95.0%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

30.4MW

CO₂ concentration

5.2%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$415.7M

Feedwater & Miscellaneous Balance of Plant Systems—

Combustion Turbine & Accessories—

HRSG, Ductwork, & Stack—

Steam Turbine & Accessories—

Cooling Water System—

Accessory Electric Plant—

Instrumentation & Control—

Improvements to Site—

CO2 Capture System—

Material Cost—

Direct Labor—

▸Indirect Field Costs$83.1M

Engineering, Construction Management, Home Office and Fee—

▸Contingency & Escalation$76.7M

Project Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$19.9M

Pre-production Cost—

Inventory Capital—

Total Capex$595.5M

Milton R. Young Power Plant

CoalFEED· Minnkota Power Cooperative· 2023-02-20Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

4,297,145t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

83.3MW

CO₂ concentration

8.6%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$1.34B

Balance of Plant (Boiler, cooling tower, multipurpose building and substation)—

Earthwork Associated with Carbon Capture—

Water Supply and Treatment—

Wastewater—

Drainage—

Power Supply—

Controls & Internet—

Owner Facilities—

Impurity Removal and CO2 conditioning—

Enclosures & Buildings—

Carbon Capture Plant—

▸Indirect Field Costs$61.5M

Project Management—

Limited Notice to Proceed—

Services—

Miscellaneous Project Expenses (Insurance, taxes, bonds & permits)—

▸Contingency & Escalation$470.0M

Owner's Cost Contingency—

EPC Contingency—

Escalation—

Regional Adjustment for Labor—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$71.2M

Spare Parts—

License fee—

Insurance—

Startup—

Miscellaneous—

Total Capex$1.95B