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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
CO₂ captured
2,400,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
74.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
12.8%mol%
▸Direct Field Costs$575.3M
Module Shop Fabrication$16.3M
Site Installation$23.9M
Absorber, cooling system, compression, vessels, pumps$230.3M
Piping materials, ductwork, racks$59.3M
Civil materials, concrete, site materials$49.7M
Structural steel materials$19.7M
Electrical materials and equipment$39.6M
Instruments and automation hardware$8.9M
Insulation materials$1.0M
Paint and coatings$0.1M
Freight, heavy lift, hauling$18.0M
All field installation labor$149.1M
Major Equipment$31.6M
▸Indirect Field Costs$104.9M
Construction management, supervision, temporary facilities, overhead$54.3M
EPC engineering and detailed design$50.6M
▸Contingency & Escalation$145.5M
Contingency$104.0M
Escalation$41.5M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$23.6M
Owner's cost$23.6M
Total Capex$849.3M
Calpine / Deer Park Energy Center
CO₂ captured
6,200,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
90.0%
Parasitic load
184MW
CO₂ concentration
5.2%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$1.32B
CO2 Technology Costs$59.2M
▸Indirect Field Costs$754.3M
Indirect Field Costs$754.3M
▸Contingency & Escalation$303.0M
Contingency$303.0M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$2.38B
Holcim / Portland Cement Plant
CO₂ captured
1,733,750t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
76MW
CO₂ concentration
10.1%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$292.8M
Purchased Equipment$113.9M
Supporting Facilities, Materials, Bulks/Commodities, and Direct & Indirect Labor Expense$178.9M
▸Indirect Field Costs$91.1M
BEC + Engineering, Construction, Management, Home Office & Contractor Premiums, Allowances & Freight, and Process & Project Contingencies$91.1M
▸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$27.6M
Total Capex$411.5M