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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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Linde Hydrogen Plant
CO₂ captured
1,360,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
18.3%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$327.0M
Carbon Capture Plant$110.0M
Construction$217.0M
▸Indirect Field Costs$32.0M
Engineering$32.0M
▸Contingency & Escalation$81.0M
Project Contingency$29.0M
Process Contingency$52.0M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$10.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$481.5M
Gerald Gentleman Station
CO₂ captured
4,316,020t/yr
Capture efficiency
89.8%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
—
▸Direct Field Costs$2.17B
Auxiliary power and fans$94.1M
Absorber$288.0M
Common facilities$327.5M
Carbon Capture Plant$1.45B
Switchyard$6.2M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$2.17B
CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant
CO₂ captured
2,400,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
74.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
12.8%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$575.3M
Module Shop Fabrication$16.3M
Site Installation$23.9M
Absorber, cooling system, compression, vessels, pumps$230.3M
Piping materials, ductwork, racks$59.3M
Civil materials, concrete, site materials$49.7M
Structural steel materials$19.7M
Electrical materials and equipment$39.6M
Instruments and automation hardware$8.9M
Insulation materials$1.0M
Paint and coatings$0.1M
Freight, heavy lift, hauling$18.0M
All field installation labor$149.1M
Major Equipment$31.6M
▸Indirect Field Costs$104.9M
Construction management, supervision, temporary facilities, overhead$54.3M
EPC engineering and detailed design$50.6M
▸Contingency & Escalation$145.5M
Contingency$104.0M
Escalation$41.5M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$23.6M
Owner's cost$23.6M
Total Capex$849.3M