Environmental Power Corporation Announces Election of Roger Ballentine and Richard Kessel to Board of Directors

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Sept. 17  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Environmental Power is pleased to announce that Roger Ballentine, President of Green Strategies Inc. and Richard Kessel, President and CEO of Environmental Power have been elected to serve on the Board of Directors.  Mr. Ballentine and Mr. Kessel were elected at Environmental Power's annual meeting of stockholders on Monday, September 10, 2007, at which Environmental Power's incumbent directors were also re-elected.

Mr. Ballentine's company is built around the concept that as the world becomes more attuned to issues such as clean air, clean water, energy security, climate change and resource conservation, significant business opportunities will arise from the development of products and practices consistent with these values.  Before founding Green Strategies, Mr. Ballentine was a senior member of the White House staff, serving President Bill Clinton as Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force and Deputy Assistant to the President for Environmental Initiatives. In these capacities, he directed the Administration's efforts on climate change, represented the President in numerous international meetings and negotiations, participated at the highest levels in the development and implementation of energy, clean air and other environmental policy, and advised the President on federal lands and coastal protection policies. Prior to being named Deputy Assistant to the President, Mr. Ballentine was Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, where he focused on energy and environment issues.

Prior to serving in the White House, Roger was a partner at the Washington law firm of Patton, Boggs L.L.P. Mr. Ballentine also was Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. He has been a frequent television and radio commentator on various matters of public interest.  In 2008, Mr. Ballentine will be a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School, teaching in the area of energy and climate change.

Mr. Ballentine is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and the Harvard Law School, and is a member of the Connecticut, District of Columbia, and the United States Supreme Court bars. He serves on the Boards of the American Council for Renewable Energy, the American Bird Conservancy, Biomass Energy Resource Center, and the Solar Electric Light Fund. He is a Senior Fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute and is an Advisory Board member and Industry Expert for World Business Review with Alexander Haig.

In addition to the election of Mr. Ballentine, Environmental Power's current President and CEO, Richard Kessel was also elected to the Board of Directors.

"We are very pleased to have Roger and Rich join the Environmental Power Board," stated Joseph Cresci, Chairman of Environmental Power.  "Roger brings a wealth of experience and insight that is directly related to Environmental Power's business and advocacy activities.  We are also pleased that Rich has been elected to the Board in recognition of his extensive experience and business judgment as well as his proven commitment to advancing the interests of the Company, its employees and shareholders."

About Environmental Power Corporation

Environmental Power Corporation is a developer, owner and operator of renewable energy production facilities. Its principal operating subsidiary, Microgy, Inc., holds an exclusive license in North America for the development and deployment of a proprietary anaerobic digestion technology for the extraction of methane gas from animal wastes for its use to generate energy. For more information visit the Company's web site at http://www.environmentalpower.com/.

  CONTACT

  Mark Hall, Senior Vice President
  Environmental Power Corporation
  [phone]
  

  Public Relations Contact:
  John Abrashkin
  Ricochet Public Relations
  [phone] x121
  

  Investor Relations Contact:
  John Baldissera
  BPC Financial Marketing
  1-800-368-1217
  

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CONTACT:  Mark Hall, Senior Vice President of Environmental Power

Corporation, [phone], ; or Public

Relations, John Abrashkin of Ricochet Public Relations, [phone] x121,

; or Investor Relations, John Baldissera of BPC

Financial Marketing, 1-800-368-1217,  



Web site:  http://www.environmentalpower.com/ 

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