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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
CO₂ captured
4,200,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
—
Utilization
95.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
99.0%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$154.5M
CO2 Compression Equipment$48.1M
Equipment installation, instrumentation and controls, piping, electrical, engineering, construction expenses, contractors’ fees, and process and project contingencies$102.0M
Dehydration$3.4M
▸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$154.5M
Linde Hydrogen Plant
CO₂ captured
1,360,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
18.3%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$327.0M
Carbon Capture Plant$110.0M
Construction$217.0M
▸Indirect Field Costs$32.0M
Engineering$32.0M
▸Contingency & Escalation$81.0M
Project Contingency$29.0M
Process Contingency$52.0M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$10.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$481.5M
Rayburn Energy Station / Sherman Power Plant
CO₂ captured
645,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
85.0%
Utilization
57.0%
Parasitic load
67.3MW
CO₂ concentration
6.0%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$385.9M
CO2 absorption$79.6M
Civil structural work$46.9M
General utility system$51.3M
CO2 Compression Equipment$43.3M
Flue Gas Conditioning$52.4M
Solvent regeneration$40.7M
Stack connection and modification$15.9M
Distribution control system (DCS), communication, main power supply, all distribution system, auxiliary system$55.7M
▸Indirect Field Costs$57.1M
Construction preliminaries$34.7M
Engineering$10.4M
Mechanical completion, commissioning and testing$13.1M
Training$1.0M
▸Contingency & Escalation—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Interest During Construction$27.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$5.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$477.0M