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10 respondents provided a breakdown of the proportion of the HRSGs they
supply (by value) in each of 6 size categories. The averaged information is
shown below:-
Figure 36: Average percentage of business by HRSG size.
This simply shows that there is activity at all scales. It is based on a simple
average of the percentage of units (by value) that each company supplies.
Since the companies that supply the larger units also have far larger turnover,
in value terms the market is dominated by the large units.
6.3 Market Perception amongst Consultees
Consultees in the US suggest that the market for utility scale HRSGs is very
poor currently. Prior to the last year or so, the market in the US was buoyant.
HRSG companies had expanded to meet a demand for new utility scale power
plant. However the market is now largely saturated and there is generation
over-capacity. Transmission and distribution networks are close to full
capacity and finance for merchant plant cannot be obtained in the current
economic climate. Siemens [10] expect the US HRSG market to slump
considerably over the next few years. Consolidation amongst HRSG
companies in the US is expected. At the industrial scale there is more activity.
There are opportunities for the development of CHP schemes on industrial
sites, largely driven by security of price and supply issues in the volatile
deregulated electricity market. Concern over climate change is not yet
perceived as a significant influence on policy or the market in the US.
However, the Clean Air Act is having an influence at the industrial scale.
Consents are specifying lower NOx emission levels and rather than retrofitting
low NOx boilers and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) some companies are
opting to switch to a completely new CHP scheme.
One consultee identified Russia as a good current market due to the need to
replace ageing and inefficient plant. The same is true of Central and Eastern
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