# Construction chemicals and Hydropower dams

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/construction-chemicals-and-hydropower-dams/

[Construction chemicals](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/construction_chemicals/) (chemical) and [Hydropower dams](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_hydro_dams/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: process input

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Concrete admixtures cut water use and heat in large dam pours, and grouts seal foundations. The US indices share a construction cycle over a year, with 12-month changes correlating at 0.41.

- **0.07** monthly change correlation
- **0.41** 12-month change correlation
- **0.57** fitted elasticity

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