Tools

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.

3 of 3 selectedClear selection46 reports
Comparing 3 reports — tab selection applies to every column.

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%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$59.9M
Maint. / property taxes / insurance$56.0M
Operating labor$3.9M
▸Variable OpEx$84.2M
Electricity$80.0M
Waste disposal$4.2M
Total Opex$144.1M

Finnish Integrated Pulp and Board Mill / Capture of CO2 in Kraft, Multi-fuel Boilers & Lime Kiln

Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,946,575t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
31.4MW
CO₂ concentration
15.7%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$18.9M
Property taxes & insurance$4.2M
Operating labor$2.0M
Maintenance labor$11.7M
Admin & support labor$1.0M
▸Variable OpEx$33.4M
Solvent & chemicals$4.2M
Natural gas fuel cost$19.4M
Electricity$9.0M
Waste disposal$0.7M
Total Opex$52.2M

CLECO / Brame Energy Center Madison 3 Unit

CoalFEED· Cleco Power· 2025-03-25
CO₂ captured
4,280,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
80.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
14.1%vol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$13.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Variable OpEx$107.9M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Opex$120.9M