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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 Integrated Pulp and Board Mill / Capture of CO2 in the Lime Kiln only
Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
197,008t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
2.8MW
CO₂ concentration
27.6%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$52.8M
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$5.3M
Contingency—
▸Interest During Construction$8.6M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$5.9M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$72.5M
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
CLECO / Brame Energy Center Madison 3 Unit
CoalFEED· Cleco Power· 2025-03-25
CO₂ captured
4,280,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
80.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
14.1%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$667.2M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Indirect Field Costs$509.3M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$120.7M
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$1.30B