MDAR charges up its energy efforts
In the coming months, the Massachusetts
Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) will be increasing its
involvement in energy efficiency, energy conservation and renewable energy
opportunities for the agricultural community.
 To that end, MDAR recently hired a
renewable energy coordinator, Gerry Palano, whose primary function will be to
“cultivate” the greening of our farming industry as a means to reduce both
energy costs and environmental pollution through energy efficiency and renewable
energy applications.
"A variety of ideas relevant to outreach, education, potential technologies,
technical assistance, financial incentives and collaboration with other
organizations are being explored," said Palano. "The existing obstacles and
challenges that face our agricultural community pertaining to energy need to be
understood and addressed if we are to make realistic progress greening our
farming communities."
Palano comes to MDAR with more than 20 years of experience in the energy
services industry. He is a registered engineer in Massachusetts and New York.
MDAR is assessing a variety of communication tools in order to provide energy
information to the agricultural community.
As an initial step in this effort, MDAR is asking Massachusetts agri-businesses
interested in getting involved with energy conservation and efficiency or
renewable energy to complete a one page survey. This form can be found on-line
in MS Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format at:
If you operate an agri-business in Massachusetts and would like to participate,
please feel free to fill out the form and return by mail, fax or e-mail to:
Gerry Palano, Renewable Energy Coordinator
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
251 Causeway Street, Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114
Gerald.Palano@state.ma.us
617-626-1706
Fax: 617-626-1805
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