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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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Calpine / Deer Park Energy Center
CO₂ captured
500,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
30.4MW
CO₂ concentration
5.2%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$415.7M
Feedwater & Miscellaneous Balance of Plant Systems$15.1M
Combustion Turbine & Accessories$31.0M
Steam Turbine & Accessories$18.3M
Cooling Water System$7.5M
Accessory Electric Plant$6.7M
Instrumentation & Control$9.4M
Improvements to Site$0.6M
Material Cost$52.9M
CO2 Capture System$150.7M
Direct Labor$96.8M
HRSG, Ductwork, & Stack$26.8M
▸Indirect Field Costs$83.1M
Engineering, Construction Management, Home Office and Fee$83.1M
▸Contingency & Escalation$76.7M
Project Contingency$76.7M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$19.9M
Pre-production Cost$16.7M
Inventory Capital$3.2M
Total Capex$595.5M
Milton R. Young Power Plant
CO₂ captured
4,297,145t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
83.3MW
CO₂ concentration
8.6%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$1.34B
Earthwork Associated with Carbon Capture$85.0M
Water Supply and Treatment$36.7M
Wastewater$5.0M
Drainage$0.3M
Power Supply$4.9M
Controls & Internet$0.3M
Owner Facilities$2.2M
Impurity Removal and CO2 conditioning$56.0M
Enclosures & Buildings$79.0M
Balance of Plant (Boiler, cooling tower, multipurpose building and substation)$330.0M
Carbon Capture Plant$745.0M
▸Indirect Field Costs$61.5M
Project Management$19.9M
Limited Notice to Proceed$8.7M
Services$24.1M
Miscellaneous Project Expenses (Insurance, taxes, bonds & permits)$8.7M
▸Contingency & Escalation$470.0M
Owner's Cost Contingency$22.6M
EPC Contingency$356.3M
Escalation$4.2M
Regional Adjustment for Labor$87.0M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$71.2M
Spare Parts$10.4M
License fee$10.0M
Insurance$6.6M
Startup$7.1M
Miscellaneous$37.1M
Total Capex$1.95B
Southern Company / Plant Daniel
CO₂ captured
1,769,520t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
79MW
CO₂ concentration
—
▸Direct Field Costs$515.2M
Construction – Including Labor, Materials, and Contracted Equipment$497.1M
Engineering-Procured Materials$18.1M
▸Indirect Field Costs$56.6M
Project Management$8.7M
Engineering – Including Construction and Startup Support$47.9M
▸Contingency & Escalation$126.3M
Contingency$126.3M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$54.1M
Front End Planning$4.5M
Startup$31.8M
Other's owners cost$17.8M
Total Capex$752.2M