# Energy Sector News Highlights: June 7, 2025
## Clean Energy Investment
The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts global energy investment will reach $3.3 trillion in 2025, with $2.2 trillion specifically allocated to clean technology. Despite this significant investment, the IEA warns of persistent grid infrastructure gaps and slower-than-needed progress in certain areas[1].
## Solar Capacity Expansion
The U.S. is expected to add 32.5 GW of new utility-scale solar capacity in 2025, continuing the record-setting trend from 2024. Texas and California will lead this expansion, accounting for nearly half of all new utility-scale solar capacity, while five other states (Indiana, Arizona, Michigan, Florida, and New York) will each add more than 1 GW[6].
## Natural Gas Developments
Developers plan to build 4.4 GW of new natural gas-fired capacity in the United States during 2025, with 50% coming from simple-cycle combustion turbines and 36% from combined-cycle power blocks. The two largest projects are the 840-MW Intermountain Power Project in Utah (replacing 1,800 MW of coal-fired capacity) and the 678.7-MW Magnolia Power plant in Louisiana[6].
## Solar Policy Changes
Massachusetts has introduced a bill with mixed implications for renewable energy, allowing the state to directly contract for clean energy procurement while potentially reducing net-metering compensation for non-residential solar projects, including community solar[4].
## Grid Modernization
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved updates to grid modernization rules designed to reduce delays in interconnection processes and accelerate project timelines. These changes will make it easier for distributed energy resources to connect to New Jersey’s distribution grid[4].
## Solar Tariffs
The U.S. International Trade Commission has made an affirmative determination in its antidumping and countervailing duty investigation concerning silicon solar cells and panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Department of Commerce will issue tariff orders on June 9, with Customs and Border Protection beginning to collect duties on June 16[4].
## Battery Technology
The U.S. Department of Commerce has released preliminary countervailing duties in the trade case involving battery anode material from China, with overall rates lower than expected. The industry anticipates that preliminary antidumping rates, expected to be released in July, could be more significant[4].
## Upcoming Industry Events
The SNEC International PV Power Generation and Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition will take place in Shanghai, China from June 11-13, 2025[8]. Additionally, the Renewable Energy Conference 2025 will be held virtually from June 26-27, focusing on “Renewable Energy: Shaping a Sustainable Future”[5].