# Geothermal power plants and Steam turbines and thermal power plants

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/geothermal-power-plants-and-steam-turbines-and-thermal-power-plants/

[Geothermal power plants](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_geo_power/) (energy) and [Steam turbines and thermal power plants](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_steam_turbines/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: main input

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Geothermal plants use steam or binary turbines similar to other thermal plants. The US steam turbine index overlaps the turbine proxy, sharing a manufacturing cycle: monthly moves correlate at 0.68 and yearly moves at 0.53.

- **0.68** monthly change correlation
- **0.53** 12-month change correlation
- **1.42** fitted elasticity

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