During the last few decades, the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have increased in alarming way. A concerning problem is that CO2 is one of the greenhouse gases (GHG) that mostly contribute to global warming. One of many efforts to reduce emissions of this contaminant gas, is to increase the use of renewable energy but the transition will be slow. Before the transition is significant, large quantities of CO2 will continue appearing in the atmosphere. A possible alternative is to capture and store the CO2 in a safe way to prevent it from reaching the atmosphere. This paper presents the three used CO2 capture technologies in the world, which are: precombustion, oxicombustion and postcombustion; likewise, the costs associated with implementing these technologies in supercritical pulverized coal boilers (SCPC), integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plants, and natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) plants, are presented. Also are mentioned the main considerations for the transport and storage of CO2 from capture plants.