Pentadyne Energy Corp. | 2008 News | Pentadyne #1 in Worldwide Sales of Flywheel Energy Storage Systems

<div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><strong>Chatsworth</strong><strong>, Calif.</strong><strong> – July 30, 2008 –</strong> <a href="http://pentadyne.com">Pentadyne Power Corporation</a><span>, the world’s leading manufacturer of flywheel clean energy storage systems, has eclipsed <a href="http://www.activepower.com">Active Power</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ACPW">ACPW</a>) as the world’s number one producer of flywheel energy storage systems.</span></font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">For the first half of 2008, Pentadyne has shipped 34% more flywheel systems than the former market leader, Active Power. </font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Pentadyne President & CEO Mark McGough said, “Pentadyne’s growth continues to outpace that of our competitors, thanks to an extremely reliable product that is sold through the top channel partners in the industry. At a challenging time for capital expenditure sales, we are still growing at a rate of over 40%. We set a goal to become #1 in world flywheel sales in 2008, and we are very pleased to have achieved that goal.” </font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Pentadyne systems also offer greater value in terms of energy efficiency – 90% less standby energy use than that of the Active Power CleanSource flywheel – and fewer, shorter and far less costly maintenance needs because the service-intensive vacuum pump and mechanical bearings have been engineered out of the product. </font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">“Even though our 190-kW product has only been commercially available for just over 24 months, it is an inherently reliable product, and reliability is what customers pay for in the backup power market,” said McGough. “We expect that our next generation products will see similar market uptake.”</font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Flywheel systems are frequently used as a supplement to or a complete replacement for hundreds of hazardous lead-acid batteries commonly deployed with large-scale UPS (uninterruptible power supply) systems at data centers, hospitals, financial transaction companies and other mission-critical facilities and functions. In these applications, flywheels deliver much higher reliability, uptime availability and cost reduction while being a sustainable, environmentally responsible choice for UPS energy storage.</font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><em><font size="2">Exhibiting at upcoming trade shows</font></em></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.liebert.com">Emerson Network Power</a> </font><span><font size="2">next week will be showing the <a href="http://www.liebert.com/product_pages/Product.aspx?id=59">Liebert FS</a>, which includes a Pentadyne flywheel system, in its exhibit at the <a href="http://www.ngdcexpo.com">Next Generation Data Center</a> tradeshow </font><font size="2">in San Francisco August 5-7. Also on August 7, <a href="http://www.toshiba.com/ind">Toshiba</a></font><font size="2"> will be exhibiting its <a href="http://www.toshiba.com/ind/product_display.jsp?id1=14&id2=28">G8000</a> UPS with the Pentadyne flywheel at the <a href="http://www.tab.org">Texas Association of Broadcasters</a> tradeshow</font><font size="2"> in Austin, as well as next month at the <a href="http://www.hcarefacilities.com">Healthcare Facilities Symposium</a></font><font size="2"> in Chicago September 9-10.</font></span></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong> </strong></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong><font size="2">About Pentadyne Power Corporation </font></strong><br /> <font size="2">Hundreds of award-winning Pentadyne clean energy storage systems are deployed as a part of battery-free energy recycling solutions or uninterruptible power supply (UPS) applications at commercial, industrial, transportation, medical and government facilities worldwide. The company’s bearing-free, magnetically levitated carbon fiber flywheels are the world’s most energy efficient, using 90% less power than other commercial flywheels. Pentadyne’s sustainable product deliver vastly higher reliability and uptime availability with a fraction of the footprint, weight, maintenance needs and recurring costs of hazardous lead-acid batteries. An ISO-9001-certified company, Pentadyne designs and manufactures its environmentally responsible products at its factory in Greater Los Angeles; they are sold by several of the world’s leading UPS system manufacturers.</font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><font size="2"># # #</font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong><em><font size="2">Editors:</font></em></strong></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Product details on the Pentadyne/Liebert flywheel are at:</font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><a href="http://www.pentadyne.com/specs"><span><font size="2">www.pentadyne.com/specs</font></span></a><font size="2"> and </font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><a href="http://www.liebert.com/product_pages/Product.aspx?id=59"><span><font color="#800080" size="2">www.liebert.com/product_pages/Product.aspx?id=59</font></span></a></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><strong>Press Contact:</strong></font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Keith Field<br /> Vice-President of Marketing <br /> Pentadyne Power Corporation <br /> (818) 350-0370 x210<br /> Email: <a href="mailto:keith.field@pentadyne.com"><span>keith.field@pentadyne.com</span></a></font></div>

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