Capstone Turbine Corporation Names Eastern Joint Marine Services as Its Distributor in Hong Kong

CHATSWORTH, Calif., June 23, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, has named Eastern Joint Marine Services (Far East) Ltd., as its distributor in Hong Kong.

Eastern Joint Marine Services, based in Hong Kong, has been involved in a variety of projects over the years, including manufacturing and sales for portable waste compactors; design and build of various pieces of equipment for use in waste transportation services; and emergency repair and pollution control for ships. The company has experience working with Capstone microturbines. In 2007, it served as project manager and oversaw installation of two Capstone C30 biogas microturbines at a waste-transfer station in West Kowloon.

As a Capstone distributor, the company will sell and service low-emission Capstone microturbines that produce 30 kilowatts to 5 megawatts of clean and efficient power for Hong Kong landfills, wastewater treatment plants and agriculture/biogas operations.

"Landfills, agricultural operations and wastewater treatment plants produce substantial amounts of methane gas that are normally flared or just released directly into the atmosphere," said Jim Crouse, Capstone's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "Capstone microturbines use these waste fuels to produce reliable, clean-and-green electricity that can power lights, computers and other operations. In addition, the microturbines' efficiency increases to over 80 percent when used in a combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) application, because the microturbines' waste-heat energy is captured and used to heat domestic water supplies, provide building heat and cool water for air conditioning."

"We're extremely proud to sell and service Capstone turbines and microturbines in Hong Kong," said Daniel Ho, Eastern Joint Marine's Owner and Managing Director. "Air pollution created from methane gasses at landfills, wastewater treatment plants and agricultural operations can be extensive. Capstone turbines and microturbines can use those waste gasses to create clean and reliable electricity."

About Capstone Turbine Corporation

Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST) is the world's leading producer of low-emission microturbine systems, and was the first to market commercially viable microturbine energy products. Capstone Turbine has shipped over 5,000 Capstone MicroTurbine(R) systems to customers worldwide. These award-winning systems have logged millions of documented runtime operating hours. Capstone Turbine is a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Combined Heat and Power Partnership, which is committed to improving the efficiency of the nation's energy infrastructure and reducing emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases. A UL-Certified ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certified company, Capstone is headquartered in the Los Angeles area with sales and/or service centers in the New York Metro Area, Mexico City, Nottingham, Shanghai and Singapore.

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This press release contains "forward-looking statements," as that term is used in the federal securities laws, about the advantages of our products and use of our products in Hong Kong. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "expects," "objective," "intend," "targeted," "plan" and similar phrases. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties described in Capstone's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that may cause Capstone's actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied in such statements. Capstone cautions readers not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. Capstone undertakes no obligation, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to release any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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Released June 23, 2010