The Energy Information Administration expects solar generation to jump 17% this year and an additional 23% in 2027 EIA’s latest forecast anticipates the U.S. will generate a total of 341 billion kWh of solar this year and 418 billion kWh in 2027, up from 291 billion kWh in 2025. Growing demand will be met mainly by solar: EIA | Utility Dive
| Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update – U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) | |||||
| 11/17/25 | 11/24/25 | 12/01/25 | week ago | year ago | |
| U.S. | 3.062 | 3.061 | 2.985 | -0.076 | -0.049 |
| East Coast | 2.953 | 2.985 | 2.931 | -0.054 | -0.058 |
| New England | 2.980 | 2.996 | 2.971 | -0.025 | -0.041 |
| Central Atlantic | 3.131 | 3.122 | 3.086 | -0.036 | -0.034 |
| Lower Atlantic | 2.834 | 2.896 | 2.824 | -0.072 | -0.076 |
| Midwest | 2.907 | 2.858 | 2.740 | -0.118 | -0.162 |
| Gulf Coast | 2.600 | 2.643 | 2.551 | -0.092 | -0.030 |
| Rocky Mountain | 2.949 | 2.872 | 2.783 | -0.089 | -0.004 |
| West Coast | 4.120 | 4.070 | 4.031 | -0.039 | 0.168 |
| West Coast less California | 3.746 | 3.702 | 3.672 | -0.030 | 0.151 |
US power consumption is expected to reach record highs in 2025 and 2026, according to the Energy Information Administration, driven by data centers for AI and cryptocurrency and increased electrification in homes and businesses. The EIA projects a decrease in natural gas’s share of power generation from 42% in 2024 to 40% in 2025 and 2026, while renewables are expected to rise from 23% to 26% over the same period. US power use to reach record highs in 2025 and 2026, EIA says | Reuters
That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind – The last time human beings headed moonward was on the Apollo 17 flight that launched Dec. 7, 1972—before any of the Artemis II crew members were born. Today’s crew will not land on the moon—they won’t even orbit the moon. But they will whip around the lunar far side, on a shakedown mission test-flying the Orion spacecraft. This is essential preparatory work for achieving NASA’s bigger lunar goals. Next year there will be another test flight in low Earth orbit during the flight of Artemis III, followed by up to two moon landings by Artemis IV and V in 2028, and annual landings thereafter. Unlike the Apollo program, Artemis aims not just for the so-called flags-and-footprints model of short, one- to three-day stays on the moon, but for a long-term presence at a long-term moon base in the south lunar pole, where deposits of ice can provide drinkable water, breathable oxygen, and oxygen-hydrogen rocket fuel. Very much like the Apollo program, Artemis finds itself in a closely watched moon race, not with the old Soviet Union this time, but with China, which has announced its intention to have astronauts on the moon by 2030. The U.S. is not going it alone this time, however. While Apollo was an entirely American enterprise, Artemis flies under the flag of 60 countries, signatories to the Artemis Accords, an international pact whose members vow to support the peaceful exploration of space and contribute money, modules, and astronauts to the Artemis cause. Artemis II Has Launched. Here’s Everything You Need to Know
