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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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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%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$6.2M
Maintenance material$2.3M
Operating labor$2.3M
Maintenance labor$1.6M
▸Variable OpEx$27.9M
Solvent & chemicals$2.7M
Electricity$25.1M
Total Opex$34.0M

Technology Centre Mongstad

CoalLarge Pilot· Membrane Technology and Research (MTR)· 2023-08-15Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
5,658,960t/yr
Capture efficiency
70.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
182MW
CO₂ concentration
12.5%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$91.7M
Property taxes & insurance$45.1M
Maintenance material$20.6M
Operating labor$7.1M
Maintenance labor$13.7M
Admin & support labor$5.2M
▸Variable OpEx$149.9M
Water$3.1M
Solvent & chemicals$25.9M
Natural gas fuel cost$110.7M
Waste disposal$10.1M
Total Opex$241.6M

Gerald Gentleman Station

CoalFEED· ION Clean Energy· 2023-03-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
4,316,020t/yr
Capture efficiency
89.8%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
—
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$66.2M
Wet flue gas desulfurization$21.4M
CO₂ island (fixed)$44.9M
▸Variable OpEx$60.9M
Desulfurization (variable)$13.2M
CO₂ island (variable)$47.7M
Total Opex$127.1M