Illinois’ Cook County Department of Environmental Control, along with a number of local partners jumpstarted community shared solar in the state and across the Midwest with a Department of Energy SunShot Initiative, Solar Market Pathways award.
Solar Market Pathways 
Case Study: Cook County Jumpstarts Community Shared Solar
Webinar: Take Community Solar Challenge & Use New Toolkit for Success
IREC and the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) will host a Tools You Can Use for Community Solar webinar on Thursday, December 15, 2016 from 3:00-4:15 pm EST to learn how to apply for the challenge, build community solar challenge programs and see the newly created Community Solar Toolkit.
IREC Joins Solar Market Pathways Project
IREC joins the new U.S. Department of Energy Solar Market Pathways project as a partner with the project’s national coordinator, The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC), to provide technical assistance to the Pathways’ teams and create an expanded learning network that connects solar stakeholders across the U.S.