Levelised cost of CO2 capture by sector and initial CO2 concentration, 2019

Sources

IEA analysis based on own estimates and GCCSI (2017), Global costs of carbon capture and storage, 2017 update, IEAGHG (2014), CO2 capture at coal based power and hydrogen plants, Keith et al. (2018), A Process for Capturing CO2 from the Atmosphere, NETL (2014), Cost of capturing CO2 from Industrial sources, Rubin, E. S., Davison, J. E. and Herzog, H. J (2015), The cost of CO2 capture and storage.

Notes

CO2 capture costs for hydrogen refers to production via SMR of natural gas; the broad cost range reflects varying levels of CO2 concentration: the lower end of the cost range applies to CO2 capture from the concentrated “process” stream, while the higher end applies to CO2 capture from the more diluted stream coming out of the SMR furnace. Cost estimates are based on the United States. All capture costs include cost of compression.