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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%
▸Direct Field Costs$1.10B
Civil and Structural$157.7M
Piping and Ducting$219.2M
NGCC Base Modifications Equipment$23.0M
Exhaust Gas Recirculation System Equipment$60.4M
Gas Turbine Modifications Equipment$47.3M
CO2 Capture System (DCC, Absorber, Stripper and Reboiler) Equipment$169.2M
CO2 Compression Equipment$60.9M
Cooling Water System (CCS Cooling Tower, Cooling Water Circulation Pumps and Heat Exchangers) Equipment$27.2M
CCS Balance of Plant (OSBL) Electrical, Civil, Mechanical Interfaces to NGCC$46.8M
Initial fill of CCS inventory (Solvent and Activated Carbon)'$29.9M
Labor$210.3M
Foundations$50.0M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$192.4M
Contingency$192.4M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$1.29B
Finnish Market Pulp 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%
▸Direct Field Costs$292.9M
Lime Kiln: booster fan and ductwork$0.2M
Steam turbine island modifications$6.6M
Waste water treatment$4.4M
Common flue gas stack$1.1M
Direct Contact Cooler$4.7M
Amine absorber section$33.4M
Amine circulation system$3.2M
Stripper section$72.8M
CO2 Compression and dehydration$8.8M
Auxiliaries$1.1M
Other direct material cost$24.0M
Construction$88.0M
EPC and other costs$42.9M
Recovery Boiler: booster fan and ductwork$0.6M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$29.3M
Contingency$29.3M
▸Interest During Construction$47.6M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$33.0M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$402.8M
Calpine / Deer Park Energy Center
CO₂ captured
500,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
30.4MW
CO₂ concentration
5.2%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$415.7M
Feedwater & Miscellaneous Balance of Plant Systems$15.1M
Combustion Turbine & Accessories$31.0M
Steam Turbine & Accessories$18.3M
Cooling Water System$7.5M
Accessory Electric Plant$6.7M
Instrumentation & Control$9.4M
Improvements to Site$0.6M
Material Cost$52.9M
CO2 Capture System$150.7M
Direct Labor$96.8M
HRSG, Ductwork, & Stack$26.8M
▸Indirect Field Costs$83.1M
Engineering, Construction Management, Home Office and Fee$83.1M
▸Contingency & Escalation$76.7M
Project Contingency$76.7M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$19.9M
Pre-production Cost$16.7M
Inventory Capital$3.2M
Total Capex$595.5M