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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 Daniel
CO₂ captured
1,769,520t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
79MW
CO₂ concentration
—
▸Direct Field Costs$515.2M
Construction – Including Labor, Materials, and Contracted Equipment$497.1M
Engineering-Procured Materials$18.1M
▸Indirect Field Costs$56.6M
Project Management$8.7M
Engineering – Including Construction and Startup Support$47.9M
▸Contingency & Escalation$126.3M
Contingency$126.3M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$54.1M
Front End Planning$4.5M
Startup$31.8M
Other's owners cost$17.8M
Total Capex$752.2M
Scottish Power / Longannet Power Station
CO₂ captured
2,000,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
—
▸Direct Field Costs$509.8M
Carbon Capture Process$228.1M
Compression and Conditioning$47.2M
Balance of Plant and Utilities$119.7M
Steam and Power Supply$114.8M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$98.5M
Contingency$98.5M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$146.7M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$755.0M