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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

Natural GasFEED· University of Texas at Austin· 2022-01-07Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
853,644t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
52.0%
Parasitic load
46MW
CO₂ concentration
3.8%vol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$32.6M
Property taxes & insurance$18.2M
Maintenance material$8.0M
Operating labor$3.3M
Maintenance labor$1.9M
Admin & support labor$1.2M
▸Variable OpEx$16.7M
Solvent & chemicals$3.4M
Natural gas fuel cost$9.5M
Electricity$3.8M
Total Opex$49.3M

Nutrien Redwater Nitrogen Operations

AmmoniaFEED· Nutrien· 2024-11-01Project page ↗
CO₂ captured
683,645t/yr
Capture efficiency
99.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
7.0%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$35.8M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Variable OpEx$48.1M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Opex$83.9M

CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant

Cementpre-FEED· Membrane Technology and Research (MTR)· 2022-06-03Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
744,235t/yr
Capture efficiency
75.0%
Utilization
90.0%
Parasitic load
36MW
CO₂ concentration
14.9%vol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$6.2M
Maintenance material$2.3M
Operating labor$2.3M
Maintenance labor$1.6M
▸Variable OpEx$27.9M
Solvent & chemicals$2.7M
Electricity$25.1M
Total Opex$34.0M