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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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Southern Company / Plant Barry

All· Trimeric· 2020-02-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,000,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

—

Utilization

95.0%

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

99.0%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$35.7M

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$35.7M

Rayburn Energy Station / Sherman Power Plant

Natural GasFEED· Bechtel· 2022-03-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

645,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

85.0%

Utilization

57.0%

Parasitic load

67.3MW

CO₂ concentration

6.0%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$385.9M

Distribution control system (DCS), communication, main power supply, all distribution system, auxiliary system—

CO2 absorption—

Civil structural work—

General utility system—

CO2 Compression Equipment—

Flue Gas Conditioning—

Solvent regeneration—

Stack connection and modification—

▸Indirect Field Costs$59.1M

Construction preliminaries—

Engineering—

Mechanical completion, commissioning and testing—

Training—

▸Contingency & Escalation—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Interest During Construction$27.0M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$5.0M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$477.0M

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