Originally Posted by
sawmilleng
The first is just a huge engineering firm wanting to get in on the work. Not sure if they even do the work, or just get in between the owner and the man on the ground with the torch and siphon tons of money their way. The big engineering firms have their place, especially if you are considering changing the 1940's design coal generation plant for a 2000's design natural gas generation plant. There's big stuff to consider there but big savings to do it on the same site with all the infrastructure already in place.
They won't be cost effective to do what Patriot is doing. Not even close!!
The second link is a 18 page report you have to pay money for.
Jon.
Yep, I know who Burns & McDonnell are. I included the link because the first three sections (before B&M start hawking their services) give a decent brief synopsis of what's happening -- an estimated 180 plants being decommissioned -- and why. God, I wouldn't want anybody to think I was trying to draw any sort of comparison between these guys and Patriot! Please, if anyone reads this thing, just stop when you get to the section called "A Process of Integration." That's where the B&M spiel begins.
The second link points to the executive summary of a report that was cited by several articles I read (in national as well as trade publications). I included it because it gives some estimates of the revenues that these plant demolitions could generate. It's a big number: $5.3 billion from 2013 to 2020. Unfortunately, to see how these forecasts were derived, you would have to buy the report. However, even if we suppose that the estimate is excessive, it's probably safe to assume that revenues will be in the billions if the plant closings take place as expected.
BTW, I did manage to find a list of coal plant closures and conversions:
Coal plant retirements - SourceWatch
The page actually gives a lot of details, including dates, the number of generators being retired or converted, and their capacity. Handy for lining up work!
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