18 <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><strong>Chatsworth</strong><strong>, Calif.</strong><strong> &ndash; July 30, 2008 &ndash;</strong> <a href="http://pentadyne.com">Pentadyne Power Corporation</a><span>, the world&rsquo;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&rsquo;s number one producer of flywheel energy storage systems.</span></font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Pentadyne President &amp; CEO Mark McGough said, &ldquo;Pentadyne&rsquo;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.&nbsp;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.&rdquo; </font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">Pentadyne systems also offer greater value in terms of energy efficiency &ndash; 90% less standby energy use than that of the Active Power CleanSource flywheel &ndash; 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.&nbsp;</font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2">&ldquo;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,&rdquo; said McGough.&nbsp;&ldquo;We expect that our next generation products will see similar market uptake.&rdquo;</font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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&amp;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>&nbsp;</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&rsquo;s bearing-free, magnetically levitated carbon fiber flywheels are the world&rsquo;s most energy efficient, using 90% less power than other commercial flywheels. Pentadyne&rsquo;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&rsquo;s leading UPS system manufacturers.</font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><font size="2"># # #</font></div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;</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> 4847 Pentadyne displaces Active Power as #1 flywheel manufacturer in the world 1 073008 true true Pentadyne #1 in Worldwide Sales of Flywheel Energy Storage Systems 2008-07-30T07:43:20-04:00