Beacon Power Selected to Present at 2009 NREL Industry Growth Forum in November

NREL's Industry Growth Forum is one of the nation's premier clean energy investment forums. This is not only because of the caliber of investors and entrepreneurial companies it attracts, but also due to its unique format and window on the energy future. Since the 16th Forum took place in 2003, companies that have presented have subsequently raised nearly $2.5 billion in growth financing.

NREL expects more than 550 attendees at this year's 3-day event, including company executives, venture capitalists, investment bankers, energy professionals, and government officials. The 2009 Forum will feature 34 clean energy companies presenting business plans and growth strategies covering technologies such as fuel cells, hydrogen, power quality, wind, energy efficiency, photovoltaics, biofuels, and energy storage.

About NREL and the Industry Growth Forum

NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL is operated for DOE by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC. NREL pioneered its Industry Growth Forum in 1995, hosting several small events with 35-40 total participants at each Forum. This year's Forum is expected to draw more than 500 participants to what is now the premier clean energy investment forum. Its rich "educational content" distinguishes NREL's Growth Forums and leaves all participants, including entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and corporate investors, with a deeper understanding of the evolving energy market and what a business must do to thrive.

About Beacon Power

Beacon Power Corporation designs, develops and is taking steps to commercialize advanced products and services to support stable, reliable and efficient electricity grid operation. The Company's primary business strategy is to commercialize its patented flywheel energy storage technology to perform frequency regulation services on the grid. Beacon's Smart Energy Matrix, which is now in production, is a non-polluting, megawatt-level, utility-grade flywheel-based solution to provide sustainable frequency regulation services. Beacon is a publicly traded company with its research, development and manufacturing facility in the U.S. For more information, visit www.beaconpower.com.

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SOURCE: Beacon Power Corporation

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