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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 both Kraft & Multi-boilers
Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,749,600t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
28.5MW
CO₂ concentration
15.0%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$309.2M
Multi-fuel boiler: booster fan and ductwork$0.3M
Steam turbine island modifications$6.6M
Waste water treatment$4.4M
Common flue gas stack$1.1M
Direct Contact Cooler$5.0M
Amine absorber section$35.3M
Amine circulation system$3.3M
Stripper section$77.0M
CO2 Compression and dehydration$9.3M
Auxiliaries$1.2M
Other direct material cost$25.4M
Construction$93.1M
EPC and other costs$45.4M
Recovery Boiler: booster fan and ductwor$0.6M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$30.9M
Contingency$30.9M
▸Interest During Construction$50.2M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$34.9M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$425.2M
CLECO / Brame Energy Center Madison 3 Unit
CoalFEED· Cleco Power· 2025-03-25
CO₂ captured
4,280,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
80.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
14.1%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$667.2M
Absorber$37.0M
▸Indirect Field Costs$509.3M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$120.7M
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$1.30B
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