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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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CEMEX / Balcones Cement Plant

Cementpre-FEED· Sargent and Lundy· 2026-01-01Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

2,400,000t/yr

Capture efficiency

95.0%

Utilization

74.0%

Parasitic load

—MW

CO₂ concentration

12.8%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$575.3M

Solvent Reclaiming—

▸Indirect Field Costs$104.9M

Construction management, supervision, temporary facilities, overhead—

EPC engineering and detailed design—

▸Contingency & Escalation$145.5M

Contingency—

Escalation—

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$23.6M

Owner's cost—

Total Capex$849.3M

Holcim / Portland Cement Plant

Cementpre-FEED· Electricore· 2023-01-31Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,733,750t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

—

Parasitic load

76MW

CO₂ concentration

10.1%vol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$292.8M

Modularization—

▸Indirect Field Costs$91.1M

BEC + Engineering, Construction, Management, Home Office & Contractor Premiums, Allowances & Freight, and Process & Project Contingencies—

▸Contingency & Escalation—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Interest During Construction—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$27.6M

Pre-Production Costs, Inventory Capital, Financing Costs and Other Owner Costs—

Total Capex$411.5M

Finnish Integrated Pulp and Board Mill / Capture of CO2 in both Kraft Boiler & Lime Kiln

Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗

CO₂ captured

1,675,922t/yr

Capture efficiency

90.0%

Utilization

95.9%

Parasitic load

26.9MW

CO₂ concentration

15.5%mol%

Facility Capex Breakdown Opex Breakdown Metadata

▸Direct Field Costs$348.1M

Accessory Electric Plant—

▸Indirect Field Costs—

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Contingency & Escalation$34.8M

Contingency—

▸Interest During Construction$56.7M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

▸Owners Cost$41.0M

Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.

Total Capex$480.6M