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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
CO₂ captured
1,460,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.0%
Parasitic load
35MW
CO₂ concentration
4.3%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$444.7M
Concrete$51.1M
Structural Steel$19.1M
Capture Plant Equipment$104.7M
Utilities Equipment$58.5M
CO2 Compression Equipment$20.1M
Piping$69.4M
Electrical and Control Systems$47.2M
Scaffolding, Painting, Insulation$22.1M
Modularization$1.1M
Procurement, Taxes & Duties$26.0M
Pre-commisioning and Startup$5.8M
Earthwork & Civil$19.4M
▸Indirect Field Costs$206.3M
Indirect Field Costs$91.9M
Home Office$47.8M
EPC Fees$66.5M
▸Contingency & Escalation$96.0M
Escalation$39.0M
Contingency$57.0M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$47.8M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$794.8M
Finnish Integrated Pulp and Board Mill / Capture of CO2 in both Kraft & Multi-boilers
Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,749,600t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
28.5MW
CO₂ concentration
15.0%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$366.5M
Multi-fuel boiler: booster fan and ductwork$0.3M
Steam turbine island modifications$9.6M
Auxiliary boiler modifications$36.3M
Waste water treatment$4.8M
Common flue gas stack$1.1M
Direct Contact Cooler$5.0M
Amine absorber section$35.3M
Amine circulation system$3.3M
Stripper section$77.0M
CO2 Compression and dehydration$18.7M
Auxiliaries$1.2M
Other direct material cost$25.4M
Construction$98.6M
EPC and other costs$49.2M
Recovery Boiler: booster fan and ductwork$0.6M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$36.7M
Contingency$36.7M
▸Interest During Construction$59.7M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$43.2M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$506.0M
Red Trail Energy Richardton Ethanol
CO₂ captured
214,255t/yr
Capture efficiency
—
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
99.9%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$19.8M
Installation$6.3M
Storage Tank$2.6M
Freight Costs$0.2M
CO2 Compression Equipment$10.7M
▸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$19.8M