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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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Nutrien Redwater Nitrogen Operations
CO₂ captured
1,778,645t/yr
Capture efficiency
99.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
7.0%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$1.09B
Process Utilities$29.7M
▸Indirect Field Costs$337.8M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$614.9M
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$2.04B
Rayburn Energy Station / Sherman Power Plant
CO₂ captured
645,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
85.0%
Utilization
57.0%
Parasitic load
67.3MW
CO₂ concentration
6.0%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$385.9M
CO2 absorption$79.6M
Civil structural work$46.9M
General utility system$51.3M
CO2 Compression Equipment$43.3M
Flue Gas Conditioning$52.4M
Solvent regeneration$40.7M
Stack connection and modification$15.9M
Distribution control system (DCS), communication, main power supply, all distribution system, auxiliary system$55.7M
▸Indirect Field Costs$57.1M
Construction preliminaries$34.7M
Engineering$10.4M
Mechanical completion, commissioning and testing$13.1M
Training$1.0M
▸Contingency & Escalation—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Interest During Construction$27.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$5.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$477.0M
Calpine / Deer Park Energy Center
CO₂ captured
500,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
30.4MW
CO₂ concentration
5.2%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$415.7M
Feedwater & Miscellaneous Balance of Plant Systems$15.1M
Combustion Turbine & Accessories$31.0M
Steam Turbine & Accessories$18.3M
Cooling Water System$7.5M
Accessory Electric Plant$6.7M
Instrumentation & Control$9.4M
Improvements to Site$0.6M
Material Cost$52.9M
CO2 Capture System$150.7M
Direct Labor$96.8M
HRSG, Ductwork, & Stack$26.8M
▸Indirect Field Costs$83.1M
Engineering, Construction Management, Home Office and Fee$83.1M
▸Contingency & Escalation$76.7M
Project Contingency$76.7M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$19.9M
Pre-production Cost$16.7M
Inventory Capital$3.2M
Total Capex$595.5M