Published

2 years ago

October 13, 2023

Alice Rush

SunVest Solar has finished two new community solar projects in DeKalb, Ill., officially marking the start of electrical production at the facilities.

The DeKalb projects are two of the earliest projects made possible by Illinois’ Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), signed into law in September 2021.

The twin community solar farms are 3 MW each, include more than 9,40 solar modules and occupy a total of 24 acres on Gurler Road in DeKalb. The projects are fully subscribed by a mix of residential and commercial customers.

“We are pleased to help make northern Illinois one of the nation’s fastest growing markets for community solar,” says Bram Walters, CEO of SunVest Solar. “We will have developed over 57 MW of community solar projects in the ComEd region by the end of this year, enabling the utility to bring reliable, clean energy to its customers and help them save on their electric bills.”

CEJA increases support for renewable energy to reach 40% by 2030 and 50% by 2040. It will create nearly 9.8 GW of new solar capacity.

By the end of this year, ComEd expects to have more than 100 community solar projects on its electric grid serving approximately 25,000 customers.

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SunVest Energizes Two Illinois Community Solar Projects

Renewable Energy

The Catastrophic Shift in America’s Impact on the World

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13 hours ago

March 22, 2026

Alice Rush

It’s not as if the United States has held the moral high ground throughout its history, with its slavery, the butchering of the Indians, Jim Crow, the support of tyrannical dictatorships around the globe, and the corrupt suppression of the working class in favor of Trump’s billionaire donors.

Yet, it was very recently that the entire nation became a force for the destruction of civil society.

The Catastrophic Shift in America’s Impact on the World

Renewable Energy

We’re Running Out of Time

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2 days ago

March 20, 2026

Alice Rush

There really are threats to human civilization that seem to be mounting in intensity:

• World fascism. (If it can happen in the U.S., it could conceivably happen anywhere.)

• Environmental collapse.

• Malicious use of AI.

• Pandemics, as misinformation on vaccinations spread and the frozen tundra melts, releasing pathogens never seen by humans.

• Nuclear war.

Addressing the point made at left, is there any scenario in which world governments agree to cooperate so as to stave off the end of an organized society here on Earth? One supposes so, though it sounds far-fetched in today’s world in which the leaders of most of the 200+ sovereign nations are trying so desperately to cling to power.