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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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Prairie State Generating

CoalFEED· University of Illinois· 2022-09-03Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
7,676,700t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
90.0%
Parasitic load
—MW
CO₂ concentration
11.4%vol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Variable OpEx—
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
Total Opex$176.0M

Finnish Market Pulp Mill / Capture of CO2 in the Lime Kiln only

Pulp and Paperpre-FEED· VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland· 2016-12-01Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
197,008t/yr
Capture efficiency
90.0%
Utilization
95.9%
Parasitic load
2.8MW
CO₂ concentration
27.6%mol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$3.7M
Property taxes & insurance$0.6M
Operating labor$1.0M
Maintenance labor$1.7M
Admin & support labor$0.4M
▸Variable OpEx$1.2M
Solvent & chemicals$0.4M
Electricity$0.7M
Waste disposal$0.1M
Total Opex$4.9M

Finnish Market Pulp 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%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$15.5M
Property taxes & insurance$3.4M
Operating labor$1.3M
Maintenance labor$10.2M
Admin & support labor$0.5M
▸Variable OpEx$9.8M
Solvent & chemicals$3.8M
Electricity$5.4M
Waste disposal$0.6M
Total Opex$25.3M