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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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Calpine / Deer Park Energy Center

Natural GasFEED· Calpine· 2023-05-03Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

500,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

95.0%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

30.4MW

CO₂ concentration

5.2%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$415.7M

Feedwater & Miscellaneous Balance of Plant Systems—

Combustion Turbine & Accessories—

HRSG, Ductwork, & Stack—

Steam Turbine & Accessories—

Cooling Water System—

Accessory Electric Plant—

Instrumentation & Control—

Improvements to Site—

CO2 Capture System—

Material Cost—

Direct Labor—

▸Indirect Field Costs$83.1M

Engineering, Construction Management, Home Office and Fee—

▸Contingency & Escalation$76.7M

Project Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$19.9M

Pre-production Cost—

Inventory Capital—

Total Capex$595.5M

Linde / Port Arthur Facility

Hydrogenpre-FEED· Linde· 2023-12-04Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,435,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

92.0%

Utilization

90.0%

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

16.2%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$489.9M

Materials Cost—

Construction—

▸Indirect Field Costs$37.5M

Engineering—

▸Contingency & Escalation$86.6M

Project Contingency—

Process Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$41.7M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$701.6M

Holcim / Portland Cement Plant

Cementpre-FEED· Electricore· 2023-01-31Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,733,750t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

—

Parasitic load

76MW

CO₂ concentration

10.1%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸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