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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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Holcim / Ste. Genevieve Cement Plant
CO₂ captured
3,056,339t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
60MW
CO₂ concentration
20.3%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$900.4M
Accessory Electric Plant$62.8M
Cooling Water System$39.2M
Buildings & Structure$54.9M
Improvements to Site$23.5M
CO2 Compression Equipment$31.4M
Flue Gas Cleanup$39.2M
Ductwork and Stack$62.8M
Labor$115.5M
Instrumentation and Control$7.8M
Carbon Capture Plant$282.6M
Feedwater & Misc. Balance of Plant Equipment & Systems$180.5M
▸Indirect Field Costs$517.7M
Engineering, Construction Management, Home Office and Fee$517.7M
▸Contingency & Escalation$250.5M
Contingency$250.5M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$71.0M
Financing Cost$50.7M
Pre-production Cost$9.5M
Inventory Capital$10.8M
Total Capex$1.74B
Technology Centre Mongstad
CO₂ captured
5,658,960t/yr
Capture efficiency
70.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
182MW
CO₂ concentration
12.5%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$1.65B
Coal & Sorbent Prep & Feed Equipment$13.5M
Feedwater & Misc. Balance of Plant Systems Equipment$50.1M
Pulverized coal-fired boiler Equipment$297.9M
Flue Gas Cleanup Equipment$81.3M
CO2 Capture System Equipment$154.4M
CO2 Compression and Purification Equipment$80.5M
HRSG, Ducting & Stack Equipment$8.7M
Steam Turbine Generator Equipment$131.5M
Cooling Water System Equipment$34.9M
Ash/Spent Sorbent Handling System Equipment$5.0M
Accessory Electric Plant Equipment$34.0M
Instrumentation & Control Equipment$12.6M
Improvements to Site Equipment$2.6M
Materials$66.3M
Labor$626.7M
Coal & Sorbent Handling Equipment$48.5M
▸Indirect Field Costs$187.0M
Engineering$187.0M
▸Contingency & Escalation$418.3M
Project Contingency$417.5M
Process Contingency$0.8M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$507.6M
Financing Cost$60.9M
Pre-production Cost$66.8M
Inventory Capital$37.9M
Other's owners cost$342.0M
Total Capex$3.19B
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
Solvent Reclaiming$19.6M
▸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