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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
CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant
CO₂ captured
2,400,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
74.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
12.8%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$575.3M
Module Shop Fabrication$16.3M
Site Installation$23.9M
Absorber, cooling system, compression, vessels, pumps$230.3M
Piping materials, ductwork, racks$59.3M
Civil materials, concrete, site materials$49.7M
Structural steel materials$19.7M
Electrical materials and equipment$39.6M
Instruments and automation hardware$8.9M
Insulation materials$1.0M
Paint and coatings$0.1M
Freight, heavy lift, hauling$18.0M
All field installation labor$149.1M
Major Equipment$31.6M
▸Indirect Field Costs$104.9M
Construction management, supervision, temporary facilities, overhead$54.3M
EPC engineering and detailed design$50.6M
▸Contingency & Escalation$145.5M
Contingency$104.0M
Escalation$41.5M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$23.6M
Owner's cost$23.6M
Total Capex$849.3M
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