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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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CRC / Elk Hills Power Plant

Natural GasFEED· Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)· 2020-09-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,460,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.0%
Parasitic load
35MW
CO₂ concentration
4.3%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—

Technology Centre Mongstad

CoalLarge Pilot· Membrane Technology and Research (MTR)· 2023-08-15Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
5,658,960t/yr
Capture efficiency
70.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
182MW
CO₂ concentration
12.5%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$91.7M
Property taxes & insurance$45.1M
Maintenance material$20.6M
Operating labor$7.1M
Maintenance labor$13.7M
Admin & support labor$5.2M
▸Variable OpEx$149.9M
Water$3.1M
Solvent & chemicals$25.9M
Natural gas fuel cost$110.7M
Waste disposal$10.1M
Total Opex$241.6M

Calpine / Deer Park Energy Center

Natural GasFEED· Calpine· 2024-05-30Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
6,200,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
90.0%
Parasitic load
184MW
CO₂ concentration
5.2%vol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$26.2M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Variable OpEx$187.6M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Opex$213.7M