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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

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
▸Fixed OpEx$11.4M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Variable OpEx$97.4M
Electricity$61.6M
Total Opex$108.8M

Calpine / Deer Park Energy Center

Natural GasFEED· Calpine· 2023-05-03Project page ↗Cost report ↗
CO₂ captured
500,000t/yr
Capture efficiency
95.0%
Utilization
85.0%
Parasitic load
30.4MW
CO₂ concentration
5.2%vol%
FacilityCapex BreakdownOpex BreakdownMetadata
▸Fixed OpEx$12.2M
Report did not provide a further cost breakdown.
▸Variable OpEx$44.1M
Consumables$4.3M
Natural gas fuel cost$39.1M
Waste disposal$0.7M
Total Opex$56.4M