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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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Technology Centre Mongstad
CO₂ captured
5,658,960t/yr
Capture efficiency
70.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
182MW
CO₂ concentration
12.5%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$1.65B
Coal & Sorbent Prep & Feed Equipment$13.5M
Feedwater & Misc. Balance of Plant Systems Equipment$50.1M
Pulverized coal-fired boiler Equipment$297.9M
Flue Gas Cleanup Equipment$81.3M
CO2 Capture System Equipment$154.4M
CO2 Compression and Purification Equipment$80.5M
HRSG, Ducting & Stack Equipment$8.7M
Steam Turbine Generator Equipment$131.5M
Cooling Water System Equipment$34.9M
Ash/Spent Sorbent Handling System Equipment$5.0M
Accessory Electric Plant Equipment$34.0M
Instrumentation & Control Equipment$12.6M
Improvements to Site Equipment$2.6M
Materials$66.3M
Labor$626.7M
Coal & Sorbent Handling Equipment$48.5M
▸Indirect Field Costs$187.0M
Engineering$187.0M
▸Contingency & Escalation$418.3M
Project Contingency$417.5M
Process Contingency$0.8M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$507.6M
Financing Cost$60.9M
Pre-production Cost$66.8M
Inventory Capital$37.9M
Other's owners cost$342.0M
Total Capex$3.19B
Holcim / Portland Cement Plant
CO₂ captured
1,733,750t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
76MW
CO₂ concentration
10.1%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$292.8M
Purchased Equipment$113.9M
Supporting Facilities, Materials, Bulks/Commodities, and Direct & Indirect Labor Expense$178.9M
▸Indirect Field Costs$91.1M
BEC + Engineering, Construction, Management, Home Office & Contractor Premiums, Allowances & Freight, and Process & Project Contingencies$91.1M
▸Contingency & Escalation—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$27.6M
Pre-Production Costs, Inventory Capital, Financing Costs and Other Owner Costs$27.6M
Total Capex$411.5M
Southern Company / Plant Barry
CO₂ captured
1,632,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
18.4MW
CO₂ concentration
6.7%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$1.10B
Civil and Structural$157.7M
Piping and Ducting$219.2M
NGCC Base Modifications Equipment$23.0M
Exhaust Gas Recirculation System Equipment$60.4M
Gas Turbine Modifications Equipment$47.3M
CO2 Capture System (DCC, Absorber, Stripper and Reboiler) Equipment$169.2M
CO2 Compression Equipment$60.9M
Cooling Water System (CCS Cooling Tower, Cooling Water Circulation Pumps and Heat Exchangers) Equipment$27.2M
CCS Balance of Plant (OSBL) Electrical, Civil, Mechanical Interfaces to NGCC$46.8M
Initial fill of CCS inventory (Solvent and Activated Carbon)'$29.9M
Labor$210.3M
Foundations$50.0M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$192.4M
Contingency$192.4M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$1.29B