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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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Southern Company / Plant Barry
CO₂ captured
1,632,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
18.4MW
CO₂ concentration
6.7%mol%
Facility scope
EngineeringLinde Engineering (process engineering and equipment cost), Kiewit (plant layout, constructability, installation)
Point source approachPost-Combustion Capture
CO₂ concentration6.7% mol%
Flue gas pressure14 psia
Compressor nameplate20.8 MW
Compression stages—
Compression inlet—
Compression discharge2,215 psia
Description
General Electric Gas Power, with Linde, Kiewit, and Southern Company Services, is conducting a FEED study for a “Generation 2” amine-based post-combustion CO₂ capture system at an existing NGCC power plant. Targeting at least 95% capture efficiency, the design will emphasize optimized integration, lower CCS costs, and flexible operation to complement renewable energy. The 18-month project will progress from multiple conceptual designs to a single configuration, culminating in a detailed design, technical viability assessment, techno-economic and life cycle analyses, and a business case evaluation.
Technology Centre Mongstad
CO₂ captured
5,658,960t/yr
Capture efficiency
70.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
182MW
CO₂ concentration
12.5%mol%
Facility scope
EngineeringTrimeric
Point source approachPost-Combustion Capture
CO₂ concentration12.5% mol%
Flue gas pressure15 psia
Compressor nameplate—
Compression stages6
Compression inlet6 psia
Compression discharge2,219 psia
Description
Membrane Technology and Research Inc., with Technology Centre Mongstad, Dresser-Rand, Trimeric Corporation, and WorleyParsons/Advisian, is scaling up its advanced Polaris™ membranes for post-combustion CO₂ capture and testing them at engineering scale at TCM in Norway. The Polaris membranes, about 20 times more permeable than prior commercial versions, use a patented selective recycle design to boost CO₂ concentration in flue gas and lower capture costs. The project will design, build, and operate a modular membrane system for a six-month field test, including performance verification, steady-state operation, techno-economic updates, and integration studies with advanced compression technology.
Finnish Integrated Pulp and Board Mill / 400,000 adt/y production / Capture of CO2 in the Kraft Recovery Boiler only
Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
1,478,700t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
23.5MW
CO₂ concentration
14.7%mol%
Facility scope
Engineering—
Point source approachPost-Combustion Capture
CO₂ concentration14.7% mol%
Flue gas pressure—
Compressor nameplate—
Compression stages4
Compression inlet—
Compression discharge1,595 psia
Description
Analysis sets the design and cost-estimating basis for evaluating pulp and board mills with and without CCS. Two base cases are considered: a market pulp mill and an integrated pulp and board mill. Six CCS cases are evaluated, capturing CO₂ from the recovery boiler, multi-fuel boiler, lime kiln, or their combinations. The mills are assumed to be energy independent, with black liquor and bark burned to produce steam and electricity, and excess electricity exported to the grid. The CO₂ capture system uses post-combustion MEA technology with a 90% capture rate, and if on-site electricity is insufficient, an auxiliary boiler firing forest residues will supply the additional energy. 400,000 adt