Felix Maire and Roman Kramarchuk
S&P Global Platts Analytics 
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July 30, 2019 06:50 UTC 
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Almost 10 GW of utility-scale and grid-connected battery storage will be operating in the US by 2023, S&P Global Platts Analytics forecast in its latest US Power Storage Outlook. A combination of dropping costs and diversification of use cases points to accelerating storage uptake, with annual storage investments set to increase tenfold from under $0.3 billion in 2019 to around $3 billion in 2023. However, new policy and technology risks are emerging. |
Sebastian Lewis
Content Director, China 
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July 29, 2019 09:14 UTC
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China’s ports handle nearly a third of global container traffic and it has the largest merchant fleet in the world in terms of the number of ships owned. But given the size of its fleet and the number of ships that pass through its ports, China plays a surprisingly small role in bonded bunkering – the provision of fuel sold tax-free to ships travelling between countries across international waters. |
S&P Global Platts Staff
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July 29, 2019 08:03 UTC
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The impact of Rhine water levels on oil product shipments, policy risk and volatility in nickel prices, and the state of European and US natural gas markets are all in the sights of S&P Global Platts’ editors this week. Here’s our weekly pick of unfolding energy and commodities market trends. |
Brandon Evans
Reporter, US natural gas 
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July 25, 2019 15:27 UTC
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As what remains of the Henry Hub summer strip moves below $2.30/MMBtu, US natural gas prices at multiple hubs could stay subdued during the summer months. Regional dynamics mean underground storage sites are likely to continue to fill at an average or above-average pace – at least, until rising temperatures and exports draw down on the supply glut. |
Jack Jordan
Editorial Lead, Bunker News
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July 24, 2019 12:21 UTC
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As the International Maritime Organization enters a phase of curbing shipping industry emissions more robustly, the search is on for cleaner alternatives to high sulfur fuel oil to power marine freight worldwide. The drop in the IMO’s global sulfur limit for shipping from next year is just the beginning, and is expected to drive the majority of shipowners into using new 0.5% sulfur fuel blends when it comes into force. Most have a plan in place to get past the immediate problem of reducing their sulfur emissions next year, but few have fully engaged with the IMO’s longer-term target of halving greenhouse gas output. |
Lucie Roux
Senior Writer, LNG
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July 23, 2019 10:13 UTC
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Germany currently imports over 80 Bcm/year of natural gas, or nearly one quarter of total European imports, primarily from Russia, Norway and the Netherlands. Now, the country is looking to add to its import options, by launching at least two LNG import terminals in Northern Germany by the mid-2020s. |
Pat Harrington
Associate Editor, Oil Markets
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July 22, 2019 15:45 UTC
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A surging differential for Western Canada’s benchmark heavy crude has traders and analysts wondering if predictions that tighter sulfur requirements for marine fuel next year will devalue the country’s oil assets are overblown. “Nobody is talking about IMO 2020 anymore,” one trading director at an investment bank in Calgary said. |
Andrew Critchlow
Head of news, EMEA
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July 22, 2019 13:18 UTC
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Energy policy will probably be the last thing on Boris Johnson’s mind if he becomes the next UK prime minister. Navigating a successful Brexit will be his top priority and this means devising an economic plan for future generations. A new energy policy should be at the heart of his vision for Britain outside Europe, but it is going to be expensive. |
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S&P Global Platts
News editors
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July 22, 2019 05:30 UTC
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S&P Global Platts editors’ pick of unfolding commodities trends. This week, tight US gasoline supply incentivizes imports, high-tech industries drive tin demand and Iranian oil exports hit new low. Plus impacts of Europe’s heatwave and China key economic data on energy and commodities. |
Emma Slawinski
Editor, Platts Insight
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July 19, 2019 12:25 UTC
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After a calmer start to the week in geopolitics, US-Iran tensions erupted again on July 18 when President Donald Trump said the US Navy had shot down an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude prices responded with a near 2% increase by in Singapore morning trading hours. |
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