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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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Finnish Market Pulp 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%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Direct Field Costs$52.7M
Owner Facilities$2.2M
▸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$72.4M

Linde Hydrogen Plant

Hydrogenpre-FEED· Praxair· 2022-11-03Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,360,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
18.3%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Direct Field Costs$327.0M
Civil and Structural$157.7M
▸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

Mustang Station Power Plant

Natural GasFEED· University of Texas at Austin· 2022-01-07Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
853,644t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
52.0%
Parasitic load
46MW
CO₂ concentration
3.8%vol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Direct Field Costs$384.1M
Earthwork & Civil$19.4M
▸Indirect Field Costs$209.7M
Indirect Field Costs$93.1M
Contractor’s Profit$60.1M
Engineering$37.0M
Miscellaneous Project Expenses (Insurance, taxes, bonds & permits)$19.5M
▸Contingency & Escalation$104.6M
Contingency$104.6M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$28.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$726.4M