Table TS.11. Mitigation cost ranges for different combinations of reference and CCS plants based on current technology for new power
plants.
Currently, in many regions, common practice would be either a PC plant or an NGCC plant14. EOR benefits are based on oil prices of
15 - 20 US$ per barrel. Gas prices are assumed to be 2.8 -4.4 US$/GJ-1, coal prices 1-1.5 US$/GJ-1 (based on Table 8.3a).
| CCS plant type |
NGCC reference plant |
PC reference plant |
US$/tCO2 avoided
(US$/tC avoided) |
US$/tCO2 avoided
(US$/tC avoided) |
| Power plant with capture and geological storage |
| NGCC |
40 - 90 |
20 - 60 |
| (140 - 330) |
(80 - 220) |
| PC |
70 - 270 |
30 - 70 |
| (260 - 980) |
(110 - 260) |
| IGCC |
40 - 220 |
20 - 70 |
| (150 - 790) |
(80 - 260) |
| Power plant with capture and EOR |
| NGCC |
20 - 70 |
0 - 30 |
| (70 - 250) |
(0 - 120) |
| PC |
50 - 240 |
10 - 40 |
| (180 - 890) |
(30 - 160) |
| IGCC |
20 - 190 |
0 - 40 |
| (80 - 710) |
(0 - 160) |
Source: IPCC 
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage: Technical Summary (2005)
8. Costs and economic potential, p. 41
