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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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Rayburn Energy Station / Sherman Power Plant
CO₂ captured
645,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
85.0%
Utilization
57.0%
Parasitic load
67.3MW
CO₂ concentration
6.0%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$385.9M
CO2 absorption$79.6M
Civil structural work$46.9M
General utility system$51.3M
CO2 Compression Equipment$43.3M
Flue Gas Conditioning$52.4M
Solvent regeneration$40.7M
Stack connection and modification$15.9M
Distribution control system (DCS), communication, main power supply, all distribution system, auxiliary system$55.7M
▸Indirect Field Costs$57.1M
Construction preliminaries$34.7M
Engineering$10.4M
Mechanical completion, commissioning and testing$13.1M
Training$1.0M
▸Contingency & Escalation—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Interest During Construction$27.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$5.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$477.0M
Calpine / Deer Park Energy Center
CO₂ captured
6,200,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
90.0%
Parasitic load
184MW
CO₂ concentration
5.2%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$1.32B
CO2 Technology Costs$59.2M
▸Indirect Field Costs$754.3M
Indirect Field Costs$754.3M
▸Contingency & Escalation$303.0M
Contingency$303.0M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$2.38B
CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant
CO₂ captured
2,400,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
74.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
12.8%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$575.3M
Module Shop Fabrication$16.3M
Site Installation$23.9M
Absorber, cooling system, compression, vessels, pumps$230.3M
Piping materials, ductwork, racks$59.3M
Civil materials, concrete, site materials$49.7M
Structural steel materials$19.7M
Electrical materials and equipment$39.6M
Instruments and automation hardware$8.9M
Insulation materials$1.0M
Paint and coatings$0.1M
Freight, heavy lift, hauling$18.0M
All field installation labor$149.1M
Major Equipment$31.6M
▸Indirect Field Costs$104.9M
Construction management, supervision, temporary facilities, overhead$54.3M
EPC engineering and detailed design$50.6M
▸Contingency & Escalation$145.5M
Contingency$104.0M
Escalation$41.5M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$23.6M
Owner's cost$23.6M
Total Capex$849.3M