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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

CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant

· Sargent and Lundy· 2026-01-01Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

2,400,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

95.0%

Utilization

74.0%

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

12.8%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$575.3M

Absorber, cooling system, compression, vessels, pumps—

Piping materials, ductwork, racks—

Civil materials, concrete, site materials—

Structural steel materials—

Electrical materials and equipment—

Instruments and automation hardware—

Insulation materials—

Paint and coatings—

Freight, heavy lift, hauling—

All field installation labor—

▸Indirect Field Costs$104.9M

Construction management, supervision, temporary facilities, overhead—

EPC engineering and detailed design—

▸Contingency & Escalation$145.5M

Contingency—

Escalation—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$23.6M

Owner's cost—

Total Capex$849.3M

Finnish Market Pulp Mill / 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$278.2M

Recovery Boiler Modifications: booster fan and ductwork—

Lime Kiln Modifications: booster fan and ductwork—

Multi-fuel boiler Modifications: booster fan and ductwork—

Steam turbine island modifications—

Auxiliary boiler modifications—

Waste waster treatment modifications—

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$27.8M

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction$45.2M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$31.3M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$382.6M