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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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Mustang Station Power Plant
CO₂ captured
853,644t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
52.0%
Parasitic load
46MW
CO₂ concentration
3.8%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$384.1M
Solvent Pumping and Conditioning$56.0M
Absorber$37.0M
Wash Water System$33.9M
Buildings & Facilities$31.8M
Process Utilities$29.7M
CO2 Compression Equipment$24.2M
Flue Gas Systems$21.6M
Solvent Reclaiming$19.6M
Spare Parts, First Fills, Commodity Freight$18.1M
Stripper, CO2 Conditioning$17.4M
Steam Generation$15.2M
Solvent Heat Exchangers$9.5M
Solvent Storage$6.5M
E&I Infrastructure$63.5M
▸Indirect Field Costs$209.7M
Indirect Field Costs$93.1M
Contractor’s Profit$60.1M
Engineering$37.0M
Miscellaneous Project Expenses (Insurance, taxes, bonds & permits)$19.5M
▸Contingency & Escalation$104.6M
Contingency$104.6M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$28.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$726.4M
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
CRC / Elk Hills Power Plant
CO₂ captured
1,460,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.0%
Parasitic load
35MW
CO₂ concentration
4.3%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$444.7M
Concrete$51.1M
Structural Steel$19.1M
Capture Plant Equipment$104.7M
Utilities Equipment$58.5M
CO2 Compression Equipment$20.1M
Piping$69.4M
Electrical and Control Systems$47.2M
Scaffolding, Painting, Insulation$22.1M
Modularization$1.1M
Procurement, Taxes & Duties$26.0M
Pre-commisioning and Startup$5.8M
Earthwork & Civil$19.4M
▸Indirect Field Costs$206.3M
Indirect Field Costs$91.9M
Home Office$47.8M
EPC Fees$66.5M
▸Contingency & Escalation$96.0M
Escalation$39.0M
Contingency$57.0M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$47.8M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$794.8M