Industry Economics & Competitiveness
Cooling Water Cost
Monthly costs for Cooling Water across 33 countries — with forecasts on selected series.
Cooling water is a fundamental utility used to dissipate heat from industrial processes. It circulates through heat exchangers and other cooling systems, absorbing heat from equipment and processes. The heated water is then cooled, often through evaporation in cooling towers, before being recirculated.
The Industry Economics & Competitiveness program tracks monthly cooling water costs across 33 countries, on a comparable basis. Subscribers can monitor how cooling water costs evolve in the countries that matter to their business — month after month, anchored to the same units and methodology used across every utility in the program.
Preview Cooling Water Costs
Each preview shows a snapshot of that country's cooling water cost chart
Beyond Cooling Water Costs
Cooling Water is one of ten industrial utilities priced every month inside the Industry Economics & Competitiveness subscription — a monthly program benchmarking commodities manufacturing competitiveness across 33 countries.
33 Key Countries
Country-by-country monthly reports covering major industrial hubs — USA, China, Germany, Japan, Brazil, India, and more.
7 Industries Covered
Industry-specific rankings across olefins, aromatics, alcohols & organic acids, polymers, fertilizers, inorganic chemicals, and metals.
Reference Datasets
Country-level datasets for estimating individual cost items — labor, utility costs, plant construction costs, and location factors.
Monthly Updates
Fresh data every month, always reflecting the most recent period available, with short-term forecasts on selected series.