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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 Integrated Pulp and Board Mill / 400,000 adt/y production / Capture of CO2 in the Kraft Recovery Boiler only
Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,478,700t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
23.5MW
CO₂ concentration
14.7%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$321.6M
Engineering-Procured Materials$18.1M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$32.2M
Contingency$32.2M
▸Interest During Construction$52.4M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$37.9M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$444.0M
Holcim / Portland Cement Plant
CO₂ captured
1,733,750t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
76MW
CO₂ concentration
10.1%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$292.8M
Purchased Equipment$113.9M
Supporting Facilities, Materials, Bulks/Commodities, and Direct & Indirect Labor Expense$178.9M
▸Indirect Field Costs$91.1M
BEC + Engineering, Construction, Management, Home Office & Contractor Premiums, Allowances & Freight, and Process & Project Contingencies$91.1M
▸Contingency & Escalation—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$27.6M
Pre-Production Costs, Inventory Capital, Financing Costs and Other Owner Costs$27.6M
Total Capex$411.5M
CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant
CO₂ captured
744,235t/yr
Capture efficiency
75.0%
Utilization
90.0%
Parasitic load
36MW
CO₂ concentration
14.9%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$262.6M
Material$50.1M
Construction equipment$9.0M
Raw Material Relocation$12.3M
Labor$32.9M
Process equipment$121.6M
Subcontract$35.6M
▸Indirect Field Costs$123.7M
Project Indirects$53.7M
Construction Indirect$70.0M
▸Contingency & Escalation$123.9M
Contingency$57.9M
Escalation$65.9M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$510.2M