随着美国电力行业的发展,建筑行业通过多样化进入新市场,在某些情况下走出传统的趋势。

基于旧金山的Swinerton建造者在2008年经济衰退后,在2008年的经济衰退后开始寻找机会,当时其传统的建筑业务下降。在客户拥有的地方建立分布式太阳能生成项目的业务已成为2010年开始的业务,这是一个为公用事业的大型太阳能项目建立的业务 - 市场持新利18备用网址续增长。


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“2016年1月,我们达到了我们的第一批太阳能建筑。到2017年1月,我们将达到我们的第二次吉伐,“Swinerton可再生能源高级副总裁兼总经理George Hershman说。

Swinerton基于长期联邦投资税收抵免的可再生项目的通道和太阳能价格将继续下跌的期望来看涨太阳能市场。新利18备用网址预计2017年价格将在2016年下降至2017年的每瓦数量为1美元,比预期的两年增加两年。

“最终,可再生能源是一种低成本的能量产生形式,以及转换电网的路径。这是我的孩子们会知道的传统电力市场,“赫尔曼说。

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc. has seen its traditional coal construction business in the U.S. come to a halt. There are projects internationally, but none in the U.S., says Jimmy Morgan, senior vice president of operations and construction. Gas-fired generation is the fastest-growing market due to its low fuel cost. While B&W will diversify, it will not build gas-fired units, Morgan says. However, it will be a player in the gas-fired market through a company it bought earlier this year: SPIG, based in Arona, Italy.

Coal-fired units are being retired, with a few being converted to gas-fired units or dual-fuel units. “But coal generation is not totally going away tomorrow,” Morgan notes. While retirements will continue, a big part of B&W’s business will be to maintain the plants that are still operating.

氟公司正在完成美国唯一的大型核电项目:南方有限公司在佐治亚州的植物伏戈尔格尔的两个AP1000单位,斯凯纳 - 桑吉纳的扩新利18备用网址张v.c.夏天核电站在南卡罗来纳州。虽然该行业正在观看每个单位的成本和时间表,但只要天然气价格保持低位,就可以建造更传统的核电站,特别是在不受调节的市场中,仍然有所可疑。“这都是经济学推动的,”销售副总裁大卫威廉姆斯说。

Fluor is moving into the small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) business and will file an application by the end of the year with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the construction of up to 12 of the 50-MW units for Utah Associated Municipal Power. “We are focused on the SMR. It’s a matter of when the market takes off, not if,” Williams says. Natural-gas technology is evolving, he notes. Units are larger, more efficient and have faster ramp-up times, Williams says.

“我认为我们不会看到2025年到2030年使用天然气的重大变化,”他说。