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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%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
Report metadata
CurrencyUSD / $
Cost reference date2023
UncertaintyAACE Class 3 (-20% / +30%)
Report date2026-01-01

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%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
Report metadata
CurrencyUSD / $
Cost reference dateNovemeber 2023
UncertaintyAACE Class 3 (-20% / +30%)
Report date2024-08-06

CRC / Elk Hills Power Plant

Natural GasFEED· Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)· 2020-09-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,460,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.0%
Parasitic load
35MW
CO₂ concentration
4.3%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
Report metadata
CurrencyUSD / $
Cost reference dateQ3 2020
UncertaintyPlus or minus 15%
Report date2020-09-01