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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
Gerald Gentleman Station
CO₂ captured
4,316,020t/yr
Capture efficiency
89.8%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
—
▸Direct Field Costs$2.17B
Auxiliary power and fans$94.1M
Absorber$288.0M
Common facilities$327.5M
Carbon Capture Plant$1.45B
Switchyard$6.2M
▸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
Southern Company / Plant Barry
CO₂ captured
1,632,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
18.4MW
CO₂ concentration
6.7%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$1.10B
Civil and Structural$157.7M
Piping and Ducting$219.2M
NGCC Base Modifications Equipment$23.0M
Exhaust Gas Recirculation System Equipment$60.4M
Gas Turbine Modifications Equipment$47.3M
CO2 Capture System (DCC, Absorber, Stripper and Reboiler) Equipment$169.2M
CO2 Compression Equipment$60.9M
Cooling Water System (CCS Cooling Tower, Cooling Water Circulation Pumps and Heat Exchangers) Equipment$27.2M
CCS Balance of Plant (OSBL) Electrical, Civil, Mechanical Interfaces to NGCC$46.8M
Initial fill of CCS inventory (Solvent and Activated Carbon)'$29.9M
Labor$210.3M
Foundations$50.0M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$192.4M
Contingency$192.4M
▸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