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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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Finnish Market Pulp Mill / Capture of CO2 in both Kraft Boiler & Lime Kiln

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

CO₂ captured

1,675,922t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

95.9%

Parasitic load

26.9MW

CO₂ concentration

15.5%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$292.9M

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$29.3M

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction$47.6M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$33.0M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$402.8M

Technology Centre Mongstad

CoalLarge Pilot· Membrane Technology and Research (MTR)· 2023-08-15Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

5,658,960t/yr

Capture efficiency

70.0%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

182MW

CO₂ concentration

12.5%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$1.65B

Coal & Sorbent Handling Equipment Cost—

Coal & Sorbent Prep & Feed Equipment Cost—

Feedwater & Misc. Balance of Plant Systems Equipment Cost—

Pulverized coal-fired boiler Equipment Cost—

Flue Gas Cleanup Equipment Cost—

CO2 Capture System Equipment Cost—

CO2 Compression and Purification Equipment—

HRSG, Ducting & Stack Equipment Cost—

Steam Turbine Generator Equipment Cost—

Cooling Water System Equipment Cost—

Ash/Spent Sorbent Handling System Equipment Cost—

Accessory Electric Plant Equipment Cost—

Instrumentation & Control Equipment Cost—

Improvements to Site Equipment Cost—

Materials Cost—

Labor—

▸Indirect Field Costs$187.0M

Engineering—

▸Contingency & Escalation$418.3M

Project Contingency—

Process Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$507.6M

Financing Cost—

Pre-production Cost—

Inventory Capital—

Other's owners cost—

Total Capex$3.19B

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