Vermont state parks want to promote energy technologies

Inviting businesses to set up and promote energy technologies in Vermont’s state parks might seem incongruous to the natural outdoor experience parks offer visitors. But parks officials say the new Innovation Partnership promotes the same environmental ethics that park personnel teach visitors and use to guide facility development. “Renewable and alternative energy is easily within the mission of the state parks,” said Craig Whipple, state parks director. “We have incorporated those kinds of technologies for a long time, so we have an interest in them.”

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