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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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Linde Hydrogen Plant

Hydrogenpre-FEED· Praxair· 2022-11-03Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,360,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

95.0%

Utilization

—

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

18.3%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$327.0M

Construction—

Carbon Capture Plant—

▸Indirect Field Costs$32.0M

Engineering—

▸Contingency & Escalation$81.0M

Project Contingency—

Process Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$10.0M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$481.5M

Calpine / Deer Park Energy Center

Natural GasFEED· Calpine· 2024-05-30Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

6,200,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

95.0%

Utilization

90.0%

Parasitic load

184MW

CO₂ concentration

5.2%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$1.32B

CO2 Technology—

▸Indirect Field Costs$754.3M

Indirect Field Costs—

▸Contingency & Escalation$303.0M

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$2.38B

CRC / Elk Hills Power Plant

Natural GasFEED· Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)· 2020-09-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,460,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

95.0%

Parasitic load

35MW

CO₂ concentration

4.3%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$444.7M

Earthwork & Civil—

Concrete—

Structural Steel—

Capture Plant Equipment—

Utilities Equipment—

CO2 Compression Equipment—

Piping—

Electrical and Control Systems—

Scaffolding, Painting, Insulation—

Modularization—

Procurement, Taxes & Duties—

Pre-commisioning and Startup—

▸Indirect Field Costs$206.3M

Indirect Field Costs—

Home Office—

EPC Fees—

▸Contingency & Escalation$96.0M

Escalation—

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$47.8M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$794.8M