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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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Holcim / Portland Cement Plant

Cementpre-FEED· Electricore· 2023-01-31Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,733,750t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

—

Parasitic load

76MW

CO₂ concentration

10.1%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$292.8M

Modularization—

▸Indirect Field Costs$91.1M

BEC + Engineering, Construction, Management, Home Office & Contractor Premiums, Allowances & Freight, and Process & Project Contingencies—

▸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—

Total Capex$411.5M

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%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$262.6M

Pre-commisioning and Startup—

▸Indirect Field Costs$123.7M

Project Indirects—

Construction Indirect—

▸Contingency & Escalation$123.9M

Contingency—

Escalation—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$510.2M

Southern Company / Plant Daniel

Natural GasFEED· Southern Company· 2022-11-30Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,769,520t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

—

Parasitic load

79MW

CO₂ concentration

—

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$515.2M

Instrumentation & Control—

▸Indirect Field Costs$56.6M

Project Management—

Engineering – Including Construction and Startup Support—

▸Contingency & Escalation$126.3M

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$54.1M

Front End Planning—

Startup—

Other's owners cost—

Total Capex$752.2M