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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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AmmoniaFEED· Nutrien· 2024-11-01Project page ↗

CO₂ captured

1,778,645t/yr

Capture efficiency

99.0%

Utilization

—

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

7.0%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$1.09B

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Indirect Field Costs$337.8M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Contingency & Escalation$614.9M

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$2.04B

Finnish Market Pulp Mill / Capture of CO2 in both Kraft Boiler & Lime Kiln

Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,675,922t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

95.9%

Parasitic load

26.9MW

CO₂ concentration

15.5%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$292.9M

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$29.3M

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction$47.6M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$33.0M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$402.8M

Southern Company / Plant Barry

Natural GasFEED· GE Gas Power· 2024-08-06Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,632,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

95.0%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

18.4MW

CO₂ concentration

6.7%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$1.10B

Foundations—

Civil and Structural—

Piping and Ducting—

NGCC Base Modifications Equipment Cost—

Exhaust Gas Recirculation System Equipment Cost—

Gas Turbine Modifications Equipment Cost—

CO2 Capture System (DCC, Absorber, Stripper and Reboiler) Equipment Cost—

CO2 Compression Equipment—

Cooling Water System (CCS Cooling Tower, Cooling Water Circulation Pumps and Heat Exchangers) Equipment Cost—

CCS Balance of Plant (OSBL) Electrical, Civil, Mechanical Interfaces to NGCC—

Initial fill of CCS inventory (Solvent and Activated Carbon)'—

Labor—

▸Indirect Field Costs—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Contingency & Escalation$192.4M

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$1.29B