North American Power Development: The Pause Before the Surge

SUGAR LAND--October 23, 2017--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Call 2017 the pause before the surge for North American Electric Power developers, who are expected to begin construction on about 27,722 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity in the U.S. and Canada this year, a modest gain over construction starts in 2016. But in 2018 and 2019, developers are scheduled to begin building far more power plants in North America--about 50,000 MW in 2018 and 48,000 MW in 2019. Within this article: Details on where the U.S. Power Generation Industry is expected to go through 2019, including the prospects for coal, nuclear, natural gas and renewables.