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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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Red Trail Energy Richardton Ethanol

Ethanol· Trimeric· 2019-11-20Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
214,255t/yr
Capture efficiency
—
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
99.9%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Variable OpEx—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Opex—

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%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$13.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Variable OpEx$107.9M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Opex$120.9M

Finnish Market Pulp 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%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$5.0M
Property taxes & insurance$0.9M
Operating labor$1.0M
Maintenance labor$2.7M
Admin & support labor$0.4M
▸Variable OpEx$2.0M
Solvent & chemicals$0.6M
Electricity$1.3M
Waste disposal$0.1M
Total Opex$7.1M