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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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Calpine / Deer Park Energy Center
CO₂ captured
6,200,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
90.0%
Parasitic load
184MW
CO₂ concentration
5.2%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$1.32B
CO2 Technology Costs$59.2M
▸Indirect Field Costs$754.3M
Indirect Field Costs$754.3M
▸Contingency & Escalation$303.0M
Contingency$303.0M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$2.38B
Southern Company / Plant Barry
CO₂ captured
1,632,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
18.4MW
CO₂ concentration
6.7%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$1.10B
Civil and Structural$157.7M
Piping and Ducting$219.2M
NGCC Base Modifications Equipment$23.0M
Exhaust Gas Recirculation System Equipment$60.4M
Gas Turbine Modifications Equipment$47.3M
CO2 Capture System (DCC, Absorber, Stripper and Reboiler) Equipment$169.2M
CO2 Compression Equipment$60.9M
Cooling Water System (CCS Cooling Tower, Cooling Water Circulation Pumps and Heat Exchangers) Equipment$27.2M
CCS Balance of Plant (OSBL) Electrical, Civil, Mechanical Interfaces to NGCC$46.8M
Initial fill of CCS inventory (Solvent and Activated Carbon)'$29.9M
Labor$210.3M
Foundations$50.0M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$192.4M
Contingency$192.4M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$1.29B
Southern Company / Plant Barry
CO₂ captured
2,400,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
—
Utilization
95.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
99.0%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$91.8M
Ductwork and Stack$62.8M
▸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$91.8M