EPC Firms Wrestle with Changing Power Market

SUGAR LAND--November 13, 2017--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Trump administration's repeal of the Clean Power Plan has not led to increased interest in new-build coal-fired power projects, attendees at the 4th Annual Western Power Summit told Industrial Info. "We're seen no surge of interest in coal-fired power," a representative for a large engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm said at the event, held October 23-24 in Denver, Colorado. Another EPC rep said he was getting a little worried about his firm's shrinking backlog of power work.

Within this article: Insights and analyses from participants at the 4th Annual Western Power Summit on where the fossil fuels vs. renewables debate is headed and how the energy markets are responding.