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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

Gerald Gentleman Station

CoalFEED· ION Clean Energy· 2023-03-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

4,316,020t/yr

Capture efficiency

89.8%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

—

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$2.17B

Switchyard—

Auxiliary power and fans—

Absorber—

Common facilities—

Carbon Capture Plant—

▸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$2.17B

Holcim / Ste. Genevieve Cement Plant

CementFEED· University of Illinois· 2024-08-29Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

3,056,339t/yr

Capture efficiency

95.0%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

60MW

CO₂ concentration

20.3%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$900.4M

Instrumentaiton and Control—

Feedwater & Misc. Balance of Plant Equipment & Systems—

Accessory Electric Plant—

Cooling Water System—

Buldings & Structure—

Improvements to Site—

CO2 Compression Equipment—

Flue Gas Cleanup—

Ductwork and Stack—

Labor—

Carbon Capture Plant—

▸Indirect Field Costs$517.7M

Engineering, Construction Management, Home Office and Fee—

▸Contingency & Escalation$250.5M

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$71.0M

Financing Cost—

Pre-production Cost—

Inventory Capital—

Total Capex$1.74B