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Rentech's Product Demonstration Unit Remains on Track for Fuel Production in Spring 2008

Posted on: Thursday, 17 January 2008, 12:00 CST

Rentech, Inc. (AMEX:RTK) announced today that the Company's Product Demonstration Unit ("PDU") at its Rentech Energy Technology Center ("RETC") in Commerce City, Colorado remains on track for fuel production in spring 2008.

Rentech's PDU is designed to produce synthetic ultra-clean diesel and aviation fuels from natural gas and various coals and biomass on a demonstration scale.

Significant progress has been achieved as the PDU nears completion. All major equipment has now been installed at the site. In addition, over four thousand pounds of the Rentech catalyst have been manufactured, tested and are onsite and ready to be loaded into the Rentech reactor immediately prior to start-up of the process. Catalyst has also been loaded into the steam methane reformer, enabling the activation of the equipment and the production of synthesis gas for the process. In addition, successful testing of Rentech's proprietary wax catalyst separation system has been conducted at RETC.

Over the next few weeks, as more systems are completed and turned over to the operations group, the Company will be completing pressure tests on the piping systems and will continue instrument loop checks. The finalization of the testing will enable Rentech to launch production of ultra-clean synthetic fuels at the PDU this spring.

D. Hunt Ramsbottom, President and CEO of Rentech, said, "We are pleased to be nearing the completion of the PDU. The PDU will provide significant value to the company by enabling us to demonstrate the Rentech Process and provide ultra-clean synthetic fuels to potential customers, including the Air Force, this year for testing purposes."

About Rentech, Inc.

Rentech, Inc. (www.rentechinc.com), incorporated in 1981, provides clean energy solutions. The Company has developed and patented the Rentech Process which transforms under-utilized domestic energy resources into valuable and clean alternative fuels and chemicals. These energy resources include coal, petroleum coke, biomass and municipal solid waste.

Safe Harbor

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 about matters such as the completion date of the Product Demonstration Unit ("PDU"), the timing and production of fuels at the PDU and the distribution of fuels from the PDU to potential customers. These statements are based on management's current expectations and actual results may differ materially as a result of various risks and uncertainties. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements are set forth in the Company's press releases and periodic public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available via Rentech's web site at www.rentechinc.com. The forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of January 17, 2008, and Rentech does not undertake to revise or update these forward-looking statements, except to the extent that it is required to do so under applicable law.

For more information

For more information please contact: Julie Dawoodjee, Director of Investor Relations, Rentech, Inc. at 310-571-9800, extension 341 or by email at ir@rentk.com.

Source: Business Wire

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