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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
Southern Company / Plant Barry
CO₂ captured
2,400,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
—
Utilization
95.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
99.0%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$89.7M
CO2 Compression Equipment$27.5M
Equipment installation, instrumentation and controls, piping, electrical, engineering, construction expenses, contractors’ fees, and process and project contingencies$59.8M
Dehydration$2.4M
▸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$89.7M
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