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Boiler heat recovery and Thermal coal

Their prices have moved together.

Boiler heat recovery (energy) and Thermal coal (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: fuel saved

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Coal-fired boilers in power plants and industry fit economisers and air heaters to save fuel. Monthly moves correlate at only 0.11 with coal, because equipment prices follow manufacturing costs, not fuel markets.

  • 0.11 monthly change correlation
  • 0.41 12-month change correlation
  • 0.31 fitted elasticity

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