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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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Cleveland Cliffs / Burns Harbor
CO₂ captured
2,800,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
79MW
CO₂ concentration
21.9%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$445.8M
Carbon Capture Island Equipment$116.6M
Steam and Power System Equipment$66.4M
Materials$190.1M
Labor$23.7M
Blast Furnace Gas Processing Equipment$48.1M
▸Indirect Field Costs$66.9M
EPC Fees$66.9M
▸Contingency & Escalation$67.5M
Contingency$67.5M
▸Interest During Construction$74.5M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$121.4M
Financing Cost$15.7M
Pre-production Cost$15.0M
Inventory Capital$3.7M
Other's owners cost$87.0M
Total Capex$776.1M
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
Finnish Market Pulp Mill / Capture of CO2 in the Kraft Recovery Boiler only
Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,478,700t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
23.5MW
CO₂ concentration
14.7%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$278.2M
Steam turbine island modifications$6.6M
Waste waster treatment modifications$4.3M
Direct Contact Cooler$4.5M
Amine absorber section$31.8M
Amine circulation system$3.0M
Stripper section$69.3M
CO2 Compression and dehydration$8.4M
Auxiliaries$1.0M
Other direct material cost$22.9M
Construction$83.8M
EPC and other costs$41.8M
Recovery Boiler Modifications: booster fan and ductwork$0.6M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$27.8M
Contingency$27.8M
▸Interest During Construction$45.2M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$31.3M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$382.6M