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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—

Gerald Gentleman Station

CoalFEED· ION Clean Energy· 2023-03-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
4,316,020t/yr
Capture efficiency
89.8%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
—
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$66.2M
Wet flue gas desulfurization$21.4M
CO₂ island (fixed)$44.9M
▸Variable OpEx$60.9M
Desulfurization (variable)$13.2M
CO₂ island (variable)$47.7M
Total Opex$127.1M

Finnish Market Pulp Mill / Capture of CO2 in the Kraft Recovery Boiler only

Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,478,700t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
23.5MW
CO₂ concentration
14.7%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$14.1M
Property taxes & insurance$3.1M
Operating labor$1.3M
Maintenance labor$9.2M
Admin & support labor$0.5M
▸Variable OpEx$9.7M
Solvent & chemicals$3.2M
Electricity$6.0M
Waste disposal$0.5M
Total Opex$23.8M