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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
CO₂ captured
744,235t/yr
Capture efficiency
75.0%
Utilization
90.0%
Parasitic load
36MW
CO₂ concentration
14.9%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$262.6M
Material$50.1M
Construction equipment$9.0M
Raw Material Relocation$12.3M
Labor$32.9M
Process equipment$121.6M
Subcontract$35.6M
▸Indirect Field Costs$123.7M
Project Indirects$53.7M
Construction Indirect$70.0M
▸Contingency & Escalation$123.9M
Contingency$57.9M
Escalation$65.9M
▸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
Milton R. Young Power Plant
CO₂ captured
4,297,145t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
83.3MW
CO₂ concentration
8.6%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$1.34B
Earthwork Associated with Carbon Capture$85.0M
Water Supply and Treatment$36.7M
Wastewater$5.0M
Drainage$0.3M
Power Supply$4.9M
Controls & Internet$0.3M
Owner Facilities$2.2M
Impurity Removal and CO2 conditioning$56.0M
Enclosures & Buildings$79.0M
Balance of Plant (Boiler, cooling tower, multipurpose building and substation)$330.0M
Carbon Capture Plant$745.0M
▸Indirect Field Costs$61.5M
Project Management$19.9M
Limited Notice to Proceed$8.7M
Services$24.1M
Miscellaneous Project Expenses (Insurance, taxes, bonds & permits)$8.7M
▸Contingency & Escalation$470.0M
Owner's Cost Contingency$22.6M
EPC Contingency$356.3M
Escalation$4.2M
Regional Adjustment for Labor$87.0M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$71.2M
Spare Parts$10.4M
License fee$10.0M
Insurance$6.6M
Startup$7.1M
Miscellaneous$37.1M
Total Capex$1.95B
Finnish Integrated Pulp and Board Mill / Capture of CO2 in the Lime Kiln only
Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
197,008t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
2.8MW
CO₂ concentration
27.6%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$52.8M
Steam turbine island modifications$6.4M
Waste water treatment$4.0M
Direct Contact Cooler$0.7M
Amine absorber section$5.0M
Amine circulation system$0.5M
Stripper section$11.0M
CO2 Compression and dehydration$1.3M
Auxiliaries$0.2M
Other direct material cost$3.6M
Construction$13.3M
EPC and other costs$5.6M
Lime Kiln: booster fan and ductwork$0.2M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$5.3M
Contingency$5.3M
▸Interest During Construction$8.6M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$5.9M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$72.5M