Flow batteries and Sulphuric acid

Their prices have moved together.

Flow batteries (energy) and Sulphuric acid (chemical): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Price link: electrolyte base

Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways

Vanadium is dissolved in sulphuric acid to make the electrolyte. Acid is cheap, so it adds little cost, and the acid index shows no link to the battery proxy, with monthly moves at -0.01.

• -0.01 monthly change correlation
• 0.39 12-month change correlation
• 0.30 fitted elasticity

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