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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 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

Milton R. Young Power Plant

CoalFEED· Minnkota Power Cooperative· 2023-02-20Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

4,297,145t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

83.3MW

CO₂ concentration

8.6%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$1.34B

Balance of Plant (Boiler, cooling tower, multipurpose building and substation)—

Earthwork Associated with Carbon Capture—

Water Supply and Treatment—

Wastewater—

Drainage—

Power Supply—

Controls & Internet—

Owner Facilities—

Impurity Removal and CO2 conditioning—

Enclosures & Buildings—

Carbon Capture Plant—

▸Indirect Field Costs$61.5M

Project Management—

Limited Notice to Proceed—

Services—

Miscellaneous Project Expenses (Insurance, taxes, bonds & permits)—

▸Contingency & Escalation$470.0M

Owner's Cost Contingency—

EPC Contingency—

Escalation—

Regional Adjustment for Labor—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$71.2M

Spare Parts—

License fee—

Insurance—

Startup—

Miscellaneous—

Total Capex$1.95B

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