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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%
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

Finnish Market Pulp Mill / Capture of CO2 in Kraft, Multi-fuel Boilers & Lime Kiln

Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,946,575t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
31.4MW
CO₂ concentration
15.7%mol%
Direct Field Costs$325.6M
Lime Kiln: booster fan and ductwork$0.2M
Multi-fuel boiler: booster fan and ductwork$0.3M
Steam turbine island modifications$10.0M
Waste water treatment$4.5M
Common flue gas stack$1.1M
Direct Contact Cooler$5.2M
Amine absorber section$36.8M
Amine circulation system$3.5M
Stripper section$80.3M
CO2 Compression and dehydration$9.8M
Auxiliaries$1.2M
Other direct material cost$26.5M
Construction$97.1M
EPC and other costs$47.4M
Recovery Boiler: booster fan and ductwork$0.6M
Indirect Field Costs
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Contingency & Escalation$32.6M
Contingency$32.6M
Interest During Construction$52.9M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Owners Cost$36.8M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$447.8M

Finnish Integrated Pulp and Board Mill / Capture of CO2 in both Kraft & Multi-boilers

Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,749,600t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
28.5MW
CO₂ concentration
15.0%mol%
Direct Field Costs$366.5M
Multi-fuel boiler: booster fan and ductwork$0.3M
Steam turbine island modifications$9.6M
Auxiliary boiler modifications$36.3M
Waste water treatment$4.8M
Common flue gas stack$1.1M
Direct Contact Cooler$5.0M
Amine absorber section$35.3M
Amine circulation system$3.3M
Stripper section$77.0M
CO2 Compression and dehydration$18.7M
Auxiliaries$1.2M
Other direct material cost$25.4M
Construction$98.6M
EPC and other costs$49.2M
Recovery Boiler: booster fan and ductwork$0.6M
Indirect Field Costs
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Contingency & Escalation$36.7M
Contingency$36.7M
Interest During Construction$59.7M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Owners Cost$43.2M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$506.0M