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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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CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant

Cementpre-FEED· Membrane Technology and Research (MTR)· 2022-06-03Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

744,235t/yr

Capture efficiency

75.0%

Utilization

90.0%

Parasitic load

36MW

CO₂ concentration

14.9%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸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

Finnish Integrated Pulp and Board Mill / 400,000 adt/y production / Capture of CO2 in the Kraft Recovery Boiler only

Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,478,700t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

95.9%

Parasitic load

23.5MW

CO₂ concentration

14.7%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$321.6M

Recovery Boiler: booster fan and ductwork—

Lime Kiln: booster fan and ductwork—

Multi-fuel boiler: booster fan and ductwork—

Steam turbine island modifications—

Auxiliary boiler modifications—

Waste waster treatment—

Common flue gas stack—

Direct Contact Cooler—

Amine absorber section—

Amine circulation system—

Stripper section—

CO2 Compression and dehydration—

Auxiliaries—

Other direct material cost—

Construction—

EPC and other costs—

▸Indirect Field Costs—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Contingency & Escalation$32.2M

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction$52.4M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$37.9M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$444.0M

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$91.8M

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$91.8M