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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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CLECO / Brame Energy Center Madison 3 Unit

CoalFEED· Cleco Power· 2025-03-25

CO₂ captured

4,280,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

95.0%

Utilization

80.0%

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

14.1%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$667.2M

Absorber—

▸Indirect Field Costs$509.3M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Contingency & Escalation$120.7M

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$1.30B

Calpine / Deer Park Energy Center

Natural GasFEED· Calpine· 2023-05-03Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

500,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

95.0%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

30.4MW

CO₂ concentration

5.2%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$415.7M

General utility system—

▸Indirect Field Costs$83.1M

Engineering, Construction Management, Home Office and Fee—

▸Contingency & Escalation$76.7M

Project Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$19.9M

Pre-production Cost—

Inventory Capital—

Total Capex$595.5M

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