# Ammonia, methanol and e-fuels and Methanol

Ammonia, methanol and e-fuels needs methanol; their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/ammonia-methanol-and-e-fuels-and-methanol/

[Ammonia, methanol and e-fuels](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_efuels_store/) (energy) and [Methanol](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/methanol/) (chemical): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Material need

*Physical flow · Direct · Methanol → Ammonia, methanol and e-fuels*

Building or running Ammonia, methanol and e-fuels needs methanol.

### 2. Price link: fuel and carrier

*Cost and price · Strong · Both ways*

Methanol is a liquid fuel for ships and a hydrogen carrier, also made from gas or coal. The basic organics proxy correlates with the fertiliser proxy at 0.28 for monthly moves and 0.74 for yearly moves, reflecting the shared gas feedstock.

- **0.28** monthly change correlation
- **0.74** 12-month change correlation
- **1.21** fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.