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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

Southern Company / Plant Barry

Natural GasFEED· GE Gas Power· 2024-08-06Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,632,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

95.0%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

18.4MW

CO₂ concentration

6.7%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$1.10B

CO2 Technology—

▸Indirect Field Costs—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Contingency & Escalation$192.4M

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$1.29B

Milton R. Young Power Plant

CoalFEED· Minnkota Power Cooperative· 2023-02-20Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

4,297,145t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

85.0%

Parasitic load

83.3MW

CO₂ concentration

8.6%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$1.34B

Cooling Water System—

▸Indirect Field Costs$61.5M

Project Management—

Limited Notice to Proceed—

Services—

Miscellaneous Project Expenses (Insurance, taxes, bonds & permits)—

▸Contingency & Escalation$470.0M

Owner's Cost Contingency—

EPC Contingency—

Escalation—

Regional Adjustment for Labor—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$71.2M

Spare Parts—

License fee—

Insurance—

Startup—

Miscellaneous—

Total Capex$1.95B