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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

Prairie State Generating

CoalFEED· University of Illinois· 2022-09-03Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
7,676,700t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
90.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
11.4%vol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Variable OpEx—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Opex$176.0M

Cleveland Cliffs / Burns Harbor

Iron and Steelpre-FEED· Dastur International· 2023-03-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
2,800,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
79MW
CO₂ concentration
21.9%vol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$34.4M
Property taxes & insurance$11.6M
Maintenance material$17.4M
Operating labor$3.1M
Maintenance labor$2.3M
▸Variable OpEx$80.5M
Water$0.4M
Solvent & chemicals$4.9M
Natural gas fuel cost$75.2M
Total Opex$114.9M