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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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Milton R. Young Power Plant
CO₂ captured
4,297,145t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
83.3MW
CO₂ concentration
8.6%vol%
▸Direct Field Costs$1.34B
Earthwork Associated with Carbon Capture$85.0M
Water Supply and Treatment$36.7M
Wastewater$5.0M
Drainage$0.3M
Power Supply$4.9M
Controls & Internet$0.3M
Owner Facilities$2.2M
Impurity Removal and CO2 conditioning$56.0M
Enclosures & Buildings$79.0M
Balance of Plant (Boiler, cooling tower, multipurpose building and substation)$330.0M
Carbon Capture Plant$745.0M
▸Indirect Field Costs$61.5M
Project Management$19.9M
Limited Notice to Proceed$8.7M
Services$24.1M
Miscellaneous Project Expenses (Insurance, taxes, bonds & permits)$8.7M
▸Contingency & Escalation$470.0M
Owner's Cost Contingency$22.6M
EPC Contingency$356.3M
Escalation$4.2M
Regional Adjustment for Labor$87.0M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$71.2M
Spare Parts$10.4M
License fee$10.0M
Insurance$6.6M
Startup$7.1M
Miscellaneous$37.1M
Total Capex$1.95B
Scottish Power / Longannet Power Station
CO₂ captured
2,000,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
—
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
—
▸Direct Field Costs$509.8M
Carbon Capture Process$228.1M
Compression and Conditioning$47.2M
Balance of Plant and Utilities$119.7M
Steam and Power Supply$114.8M
▸Indirect Field Costs—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Contingency & Escalation$98.5M
Contingency$98.5M
▸Interest During Construction—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Owners Cost$146.7M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Capex$755.0M
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