World Energy Solutions, Inc. to Hold Annual Meeting of Shareholders

WORCESTER, MA, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – World Energy Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: XWES; TSX: XWE), a leading energy management services firm, today announced it will hold its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

    WHAT:  WORLD ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC. ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

    WHEN:  THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2010 AT 10:00 A.M. ET

    WHERE: THE HILTON GARDEN INN
           35 MAJOR TAYLOR BOULEVARD
           WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS

About World Energy Solutions, Inc.

World Energy Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: XWES; TSX: XWE) is an energy management services firm that applies an award-winning combination of people, process and technology to help clients manage energy as a strategic asset. To date, the Company has transacted more than $20 billion in energy, demand response and environmental commodities on behalf of its Government, Commercial & Industrial, and Utility customers, creating more than $1 billion in value for them. World Energy is also a leader in the growing global carbon market, where its World Green Exchange(R) supports the ground-breaking Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative’s (RGGI) cap-and-trade program for CO(2) emissions. For more information, please visit www.worldenergy.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our revenue is dependent on actual future energy purchases pursuant to completed procurements; the demand for our services is affected by changes in regulated prices or cyclicality or volatility in competitive market prices for energy; there are factors outside our control that affect transaction volume in the electricity market; and there are other factors identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SOURCE World Energy Solutions, Inc.