# Heat exchangers and pinch integration and Natural gas

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/heat-exchangers-and-pinch-integration-and-natural-gas/

[Heat exchangers and pinch integration](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_heat_exchangers/) (energy) and [Natural gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/natural_gas/) (energy): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: energy saved

*Cost and price · Moderate · Both ways*

Better heat integration cuts the gas plants burn, so high gas prices make investment more attractive. Yearly moves correlate at 0.56 with European gas, a moderate link driven by shared industrial cycles.

- **0.01** monthly change correlation
- **0.56** 12-month change correlation
- **0.13** fitted elasticity

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