# Onshore wind and Unsaturated polyester resins

Their prices have moved together.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/onshore-wind-and-unsaturated-polyester-resins/

[Onshore wind](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_onshore_wind/) (energy) and [Unsaturated polyester resins](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/upr/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Price link: composite end use

*Cost and price · Weak · Both ways*

Wind turbine nacelle covers, some blades and many other composite parts use polyester or epoxy resins with glass fibre. The wind proxy is a general US turbine and generator price index, not a composites series, so monthly moves correlate at only 0.09.

- **0.09** monthly change correlation
- **0.10** 12-month change correlation
- **0.67** fitted elasticity

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