Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.

The following discussion of our financial position and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates, and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those described in more detail under "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. See also "Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Information" herein. Unless otherwise noted, discussion of our business and results of operations refers to our continuing operations.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

We are a globally-focused renewable, environmental and thermal technologies provider with over 155 years of experience providing diversified energy and emissions control solutions to a broad range of industrial, electrical utility, municipal and other customers. Our innovative products and services are organized into three market-facing segments. Our reportable segments are as follows:

•Babcock & Wilcox Renewable: Our innovative BrightLoop™ hydrogen generation technology supports global climate goals including the decarbonization of industrial and utility steam and power producers. BrightLoop™ offers significant advantages over other hydrogen generation technologies as it generates competitively priced hydrogen from a wide range of fuels, including solid fuels such as biomass and coal, with a high rate of carbon captured resulting in low, or even negative, carbon-intensity hydrogen. We also offer best-in-class technologies for efficient and environmentally sustainable power and heat generation, oxygen-fired biomass-to-energy (OxyBright™), and black liquor systems for the pulp and paper industry. Our leading waste-to-energy technologies support a circular economy, diverting waste from landfills to use for power generation and replacing fossil fuels, while recovering recyclable metals and reducing emissions.

•Babcock & Wilcox Environmental: We provide a full suite of emissions control and environmental technology solutions for utility, waste-to-energy, biomass-to-energy, carbon black, and industrial steam generation applications around the world. Our broad experience includes systems for ash handling, particulate control, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxides removal, chemical looping for carbon control and mercury control. Our ClimateBright™ products including SolveBright™, OxyBright™, BrightLoop™ and BrightGen™ place us at the forefront of hydrogen production and decarbonization technologies and development with many of these products already commercially available and others ready for commercial deployment. We believe these technologies position us to compete in the bioenergy sector within the carbon capture and sequestration (BECCS) market. Our portfolio of clean power production solutions continues to evolve to reach customers at all stages of their energy transition.

•Babcock & Wilcox Thermal: Our vast installed base of steam generation equipment includes aftermarket parts, construction, maintenance and field services for plants in the power generation, oil and gas and industrial sectors. We have an extensive global base of installed equipment for utilities and general industrial applications including refining, petrochemical, food processing, metals and others. We provide aftermarket parts, construction, maintenance, engineered upgrades and field services for our installed base as well as the installed base of other original equipment manufacturers; the substantial and stable cash flows generated from these businesses help to fund our investments in new clean energy initiatives. In addition to our aftermarket offerings, we also provide complete steam generation systems including package boilers, watertube and firetube waste heat boilers, and other boilers to medium and heavy industrial customers. Our unique range of offerings, coupled with the strength of our brand, provides a competitive advantage in existing and emerging markets.

Market Update

Management continues to adapt to macroeconomic conditions, including the impacts from inflation, higher interest rates and foreign exchange rate volatility, current and potential tariff actions and geopolitical conflicts. In certain instances, these situations have resulted in cost increases and delays or disruptions that have had, and could continue to have, an adverse impact on our ability to meet customers’ demands. We continue to actively monitor the impact of these market conditions on current and future periods and actively manage costs and our liquidity position to provide additional flexibility while still supporting our customers and their specific needs. The duration and scope of these conditions cannot be predicted, and therefore, any anticipated negative financial impact on our operating results cannot be reasonably estimated.

Discontinued Operations

Vølund

During the fourth quarter of 2024, we committed to a plan to sell our Vølund business, resulting in a significant change that would impact our business. As of March 31, 2025, we met all of the criteria for the assets and liabilities of this business, formerly part of our B&W Renewable segment, to be accounted for as held for sale.

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, revenue decreased to $1.2 million from $7.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily as a result of several larger projects that had higher volumes of work in 2024 than in 2025. Operating loss for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $4.8 million, which is slightly higher than the Operating loss of $3.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 as a result of the aforementioned reduction of revenue due to the lack of larger projects to replace the larger volume of work in 2024.

B&W Solar

During the third quarter of 2023, we committed to a plan to sell our B&W Solar business, resulting in a significant change that would impact our operations. As of September 30, 2023, we met all of the criteria for the assets and liabilities of this business, formerly part of our B&W Renewable segment, to be accounted for as held for sale. In addition, we also determined that the operations of the B&W Solar business qualified as a discontinued operation, primarily based upon its significance to our current and historic operating losses.

Certain circumstances beyond our control have extended the period required to complete the sale within one year, including market conditions driven by uncertainties surrounding the change in U.S. presidential administrations and related impacts to the solar industry. We initiated actions necessary to respond to these changes by engaging an advisory service provider with specialized industry qualifications. We continue to meet the criteria to account for the B&W Solar business as held for sale and discontinued operations as of March 31, 2025.

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, revenue decreased to $10.0 million from $11.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024 as a result of significantly less work year over year. Operating loss for the three months ended March 31, 2025 increased to $11.1 million from $0.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2024, primarily as a result of an impairment of intangible asset and the decrease in revenue as mentioned above.

BWRS, SPIG and GMAB

In addition to the B&W Solar and Vølund businesses, discontinued operations include the following subsidiaries divested in 2024: BWRS, SPIG, and GMAB. These sale transactions were part of a previously announced strategy to divest certain non-core businesses to reduce our debt, improve our balance sheet and increase liquidity. Results of operations and cash flows for these businesses and the financial position of the divested subsidiaries are reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented and the notes to the financial statements have been adjusted on a retrospective basis.