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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 / Portland Cement Plant
CO₂ captured
1,733,750t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
76MW
CO₂ concentration
10.1%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$292.8M
Supporting Facilities, Materials, Bulks/Commodities, and Direct & Indirect Labor Expense—
Purchased Equipment Costs—
▸Indirect Field Costs$91.1M
BEC + Engineering, Construction, Management, Home Office & Contractor Premiums, Allowances & Freight, and Process & Project Contingencies—
▸Contingency & Escalation—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$27.6M
Pre-Production Costs, Inventory Capital, Financing Costs and Other Owner Costs—
Total Capex$411.5M
CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant
CO₂ captured
2,400,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
74.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
12.8%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$575.3M
Absorber, cooling system, compression, vessels, pumps—
Piping materials, ductwork, racks—
Civil materials, concrete, site materials—
Structural steel materials—
Electrical materials and equipment—
Instruments and automation hardware—
Insulation materials—
Paint and coatings—
Freight, heavy lift, hauling—
All field installation labor—
▸Indirect Field Costs$104.9M
Construction management, supervision, temporary facilities, overhead—
EPC engineering and detailed design—
▸Contingency & Escalation$145.5M
Contingency—
Escalation—
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$23.6M
Owner's cost—
Total Capex$849.3M
CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant
CO₂ captured
744,235t/yr
Capture efficiency
75.0%
Utilization
90.0%
Parasitic load
36MW
CO₂ concentration
14.9%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$262.6M
Subcontract—
Material—
Construction equipment—
Raw Material Relocation—
Labor—
Process equipment—
▸Indirect Field Costs$123.7M
Project Indirects—
Construction Indirect—
▸Contingency & Escalation$123.9M
Contingency—
Escalation—
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$510.2M