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Energy-intensive industry and Hydrogen peroxide

Their prices have moved together.

Energy-intensive industry (energy) and Hydrogen peroxide (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: energy cost

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Making hydrogen peroxide needs steam, power and hydrogen from energy-hungry plants. The proxy is the US industrial power price, which correlates at 0.13 for monthly moves and 0.38 for yearly moves, as contracts adjust slowly.

  • 0.13 monthly change correlation
  • 0.38 12-month change correlation
  • 0.79 fitted elasticity

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