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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

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

CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant

Cementpre-FEED· Sargent and Lundy· 2026-01-01Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
2,400,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
74.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
12.8%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$11.4M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Variable OpEx$97.4M
Electricity$61.6M
Total Opex$108.8M

Rayburn Energy Station / Sherman Power Plant

Natural GasFEED· Bechtel· 2022-03-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
645,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
85.0%
Utilization
57.0%
Parasitic load
67.3MW
CO₂ concentration
6.0%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$9.5M
Maintenance material$4.5M
Operating labor$4.0M
Admin & support labor$1.0M
▸Variable OpEx$10.8M
Solvent & chemicals$1.5M
Steam & electricity$8.4M
Waste disposal$0.9M
Total Opex$20.3M