CleanEquity Monaco 2009 - Presenting Companies Update

London, England - 21st January 2009. CleanEquity Monaco, the
environmental technology conference taking place on Thursday 19th and
Friday 20th March, today updates on select presenting companies.
CleanEquity Monaco, the annual invitationonly conference hosts fifty
next-generation, international Cleantech companies that will present
to senior representatives of the world's investment, construction,
political and media industries.

The winners of the CleanEquity Monaco 2008 awards are returning to
update attendees on developments since last year. The awards for
Excellence in the Field of Environmental Technology Research;
Development; and Commercialisation were won by ITM Power (UK),
Zenergy Power (Germany) and Clean Diesel Technologies (USA),
respectively. ITM Power develops low-cost hydrogen technologies;
Zenergy Power is a superconductive materials company; and Clean
Diesel Technologies, is a cleantech emissions reduction company.
Damien Hirst, which were designed awards, will be presented again
this year.

India-based Navigator Capital Advisors forms the head of CleanEquity
Monaco's selection panel in Asia. Among other Asian companies
selected to present at CleanEquity is electric car company REVA
(India).

MC Services AG, a leading international Investor Relations and Public
Relations firm, is helping to source European presenting companies
and investors for CleanEquity Monaco. Presenting for the first time
will be Borawind (Switzerland), a wind and water renewable energy
technology company; Oxford Catalysts (UK), which produces specialty
catalysts and process technology for the generation of clean fuels;
Theodoma (UK), a waste energy recovery company; and Solar ETC (USA),
a large scale Chinese concentrated solar storage technology company.

Companies returning to the conference include Heliocentris Fuel Cells
(Germany), the provider and system integrator of fuel cells; Surfect
Technologies (USA), the advanced interconnect and solutions company
for solar cell, LED and power management; and SolarEmpower (UK) the
advanced solar optic technology company.

The University of Cambridge invited Mungo Park, Chairman of Innovator
Capital, founder of CleanEquity, to judge the University
Entrepreneurs Challenge 2008. The winner of Technology Prize and
Cleantech Prize was PowerSi Technologies (UK), who will present at
CleanEquity as part of their award. PowerSi Technologies has
developed an Active Voltage Controller that revolutionises energy
conversion through the intelligent control of power semiconductor
devices.

CleanEquity Monaco 2009 gives companies the opportunity to tell their
stories directly to over 150 of the world's senior investment
decision-makers. Additionally, construction companies and the
alternative energy divisions of large corporate organisations, which
integrate innovative technologies into their products, will also be
attending. High-level politicians, who influence the implementation
of environmental policies, will also be present. Exposure to
international media significantly raises the profile of the
presenting companies. Furthermore, CleanEquity.TV, sponsored by etv
Media Group, will conduct video interviews with the 50 CEOs of the
presenting companies, for subsequent online release.

Barclays Wealth is lead sponsor of CleanEquity Monaco; Monaco Chamber
for Economic for Development (CDE) is regional host to the event.
Other supporting organisations include NYSE Euronext, the leading
most liquid and diverse exchange group, The Hugin Group, Invest
Securities and the Société des Bains de Mer (Monte- Carlo SBM). Also
supporting the conference is, the Fondation Prince Albert II de
Monaco, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative
and Eurosif.

Select global sponsors and partners have contributed to the selection
of Cleantech companies present at the conference; these organisations
include MC Services (Munich); Carbon International (London); the New
Energy Fund (New York); Oikovest (Berlin) and Navigator Capital
Advisors (Mumbai).

For further details about CleanEquity Monaco 2009:
www.cleanequitymonaco.com

Jade Summer - Innovator Capital Limited (UK)
+44 207 297 6840
Jade.summer@innovator-capital.com

Alexandra Jackson-Proes !(UK & Monaco)
Chambre de Développement Economique de Monaco (CDE)
+44 20 7591 9610
alexj@blj.co.uk

Birgit Weiss - MC Services (Germany)
+49 89 210 228 11
birgit.weiss@innovator-capital.com

Ellen Anton - Barclays Wealth (Monaco)
International Private Bank
+377 93 15 35 37
ellen.anton@bpb.barclays.com

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