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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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Peterhead Power Station (Aberdeenshire)

Natural GasFEED· Shell· —Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,000,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

—

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

—

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$331.4M

Electrical and Instrumentation / E&I—

Water System—

CO2 Compression Equipment—

Construction—

Carbon Capture Plant—

▸Indirect Field Costs$89.7M

Indirect Field Costs—

Engineering—

▸Contingency & Escalation—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$6.6M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$427.7M

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

Southern Company / Plant Daniel

Natural GasFEED· Southern Company· 2022-11-30Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,769,520t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

—

Parasitic load

79MW

CO₂ concentration

—

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$515.2M

Engineering-Procured Materials—

Construction – Including Labor, Materials, and Contracted Equipment—

▸Indirect Field Costs$56.6M

Project Management—

Engineering – Including Construction and Startup Support—

▸Contingency & Escalation$126.3M

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$54.1M

Front End Planning—

Startup—

Other's owners cost—

Total Capex$752.2M