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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 both Kraft Boiler & Lime Kiln

Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,675,922t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
26.9MW
CO₂ concentration
15.5%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$18.3M
Property taxes & insurance$3.8M
Operating labor$2.0M
Maintenance labor$11.5M
Admin & support labor$1.0M
▸Variable OpEx$22.8M
Solvent & chemicals$3.6M
Natural gas fuel cost$12.2M
Electricity$6.4M
Waste disposal$0.6M
Total Opex$41.2M

CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant

Cementpre-FEED· Sargent and Lundy· 2026-01-01Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
2,400,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
74.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
12.8%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$11.4M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Variable OpEx$97.4M
Electricity$61.6M
Total Opex$108.8M

Cleveland Cliffs / Burns Harbor

Iron and Steelpre-FEED· Dastur International· 2023-03-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
2,800,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
79MW
CO₂ concentration
21.9%vol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$34.4M
Property taxes & insurance$11.6M
Maintenance material$17.4M
Operating labor$3.1M
Maintenance labor$2.3M
▸Variable OpEx$80.5M
Water$0.4M
Solvent & chemicals$4.9M
Natural gas fuel cost$75.2M
Total Opex$114.9M