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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

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

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

CRC / Elk Hills Power Plant

Natural GasFEED· Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)· 2020-09-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,460,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

95.0%

Parasitic load

35MW

CO₂ concentration

4.3%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$444.7M

Earthwork & Civil—

Concrete—

Structural Steel—

Capture Plant Equipment—

Utilities Equipment—

CO2 Compression Equipment—

Piping—

Electrical and Control Systems—

Scaffolding, Painting, Insulation—

Modularization—

Procurement, Taxes & Duties—

Pre-commisioning and Startup—

▸Indirect Field Costs$206.3M

Indirect Field Costs—

Home Office—

EPC Fees—

▸Contingency & Escalation$96.0M

Escalation—

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$47.8M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$794.8M