Geothermal power plants and Water

Geothermal power plants needs water; their prices have moved together.

Geothermal power plants (energy) and Water (commodity): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Material need

Physical flow · Direct · Water → Geothermal power plants

Building or running Geothermal power plants needs water.

2. Price link: resource

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Geothermal plants need water or brine to carry heat, and many reinject it to keep the reservoir going. The US water index is a California market price, which shows local scarcity, not plant costs.

• 0.09 monthly change correlation
• -0.28 12-month change correlation
• -0.02 fitted elasticity

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