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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 / Capture of CO2 in the Multi-fuel Boiler only
Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
270,658t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
4.4MW
CO₂ concentration
16.8%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$83.0M
Steam turbine island modifications$6.4M
Waste water treatment$4.2M
Direct Contact Cooler$1.1M
Amine absorber section$8.6M
Amine circulation system$0.8M
Stripper section$18.8M
CO2 Compression and dehydration$2.3M
Auxiliaries$0.3M
Other direct material cost$6.2M
Construction$22.7M
EPC and other costs$11.3M
Multi-fuel boiler: booster fan and ductwork$0.3M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$8.3M
Contingency$8.3M
▸Interest During Construction$13.5M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$9.2M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$114.0M
Peterhead Power Station (Aberdeenshire)
CO₂ captured
1,000,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
—
▸Direct Field Costs$331.4M
Water System$13.8M
CO2 Compression Equipment$37.7M
Construction$119.6M
Carbon Capture Plant$159.6M
Electrical and Instrumentation / E&I$0.8M
▸Indirect Field Costs$89.7M
Indirect Field Costs$73.4M
Engineering$16.3M
▸Contingency & Escalation—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$6.6M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$427.7M
Mustang Station Power Plant
CO₂ captured
853,644t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
52.0%
Parasitic load
46MW
CO₂ concentration
3.8%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$384.1M
Solvent Pumping and Conditioning$56.0M
Absorber$37.0M
Wash Water System$33.9M
Buildings & Facilities$31.8M
Process Utilities$29.7M
CO2 Compression Equipment$24.2M
Flue Gas Systems$21.6M
Solvent Reclaiming$19.6M
Spare Parts, First Fills, Commodity Freight$18.1M
Stripper, CO2 Conditioning$17.4M
Steam Generation$15.2M
Solvent Heat Exchangers$9.5M
Solvent Storage$6.5M
E&I Infrastructure$63.5M
▸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