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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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Southern Company / Plant Barry

Compression and Dehydration· Trimeric· 2020-02-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

2,400,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

—

Utilization

95.0%

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

99.0%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$89.1M

CO2 Compression Equipment—

▸Indirect Field Costs—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Contingency & Escalation—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$89.1M

Mustang Station Power Plant

Natural GasFEED· University of Texas at Austin· 2022-01-07Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

853,644t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

52.0%

Parasitic load

46MW

CO₂ concentration

3.8%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$384.1M

Earthwork & Civil—

▸Indirect Field Costs$209.7M

Indirect Field Costs—

Contractor’s Profit—

Engineering—

Miscellaneous Project Expenses (Insurance, taxes, bonds & permits)—

▸Contingency & Escalation$104.6M

Contingency—

▸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

Holcim / Ste. Genevieve Cement Plant

CementFEED· University of Illinois· 2024-08-29Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

3,056,339t/yr

Capture efficiency

95.0%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

60MW

CO₂ concentration

20.3%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$900.4M

Material Cost—

▸Indirect Field Costs$517.7M

Engineering, Construction Management, Home Office and Fee—

▸Contingency & Escalation$250.5M

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$71.0M

Financing Cost—

Pre-production Cost—

Inventory Capital—

Total Capex$1.74B