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GreenTechInvestor.Com Virtual Green Investor Challenge Closes -- Winner Drives Away With a ZAP(R) Electric Car

Posted on: Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 09:00 CDT

Green technology investor portals www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com (TM) and www.GreenTechInvestor.com announce the closing of the Ultimate GreenTechInvestor.com Virtual Green Investor Challenge and the winner of the ZAP(R) Electric car. The contest was designed to give investors and industry an opportunity to become educated in green technology. The ultimate greentech investor winner, Russ Michaud, was a long-term follower of alternative energy stocks and a shareholder in sponsoring company ZAP(R) www.zapworld.com (NYSE: ZP). He bet his virtual money and holdings on the stock he knew so well.

The GreenTechInvestor.com challenge was designed to give investors and industry an opportunity to become educated in green technology and learn about the current list of public plays in the sector. "I was already interested in alternative energy due to my concerns for our environment. What I learned specifically from the Green Energy Stock Challenge contest was that there are a lot more companies in this field than I initially thought. I was amazed at all of the smaller companies working on alternative energy," describes contest winner Russ Michaud.

The contest started June 19th and closed on August 18, 2006. The contest started investors with $200,000 in virtual dollars to invest in green companies of choice from a list provided by RenewableEnergyStocks.com(TM). The stock list included a cross section of public companies trading on OTC, AMEX, NASDAQ, NYSE as well as TSX.

Revealing his contest tactics Mr. Michaud explains, "My winning strategy keyed on playing the smaller 'penny stocks' and I read up on and learned a lot about these companies after seeing them in the stock list provided. There are a lot of approaches to alternative energy and I think I traded in most of them during the game: geothermal, hydro power, wind, solar, biodiesel and of course the alternative fuel cars being developed by ZAP. I not only traded these virtually in the contest, but have also traded some quite profitably in my real portfolio after learning about them and getting a feel for how they moved."

Sponsors and prizes included a ZAP(R) www.zapworld.com (NYSE: ZP) Electric Car and Electric Scooter, plus prizes from MicrocapTrade www.MicrocapTrade.com, Energy Hedge Fund Center LLC www.energyhedgefunds.com and eco friendly children's products, Wild Heart Ranch, Inc. www.WildHeartRanch.com.

"GreenTechInvestor.com and RenewableEnergyStocks.com(TM) would like to thank all the sponsors and participants for making this a 'green summer,' in spite of the summer volatility in the market, with a special thank you to ZAP. We have had great interaction and response from the investment community and feel that we have all gained additional insight into the sector and the companies involved," stated Dawn Van Zant, Founder.

Featured GreenTechInvestor.com Publicly Traded "Green" Sponsors Include: Alchemy Enterprises, Hendrx Corp, International Barrier Technology Inc. ("Barrier"), XsunX, Inc.

GreenTechInvestor.com list of "green stocks": http://www.greentechinvestor.com/stock_list.aspx

For a list of contest winners visit: www.GreenTechInvestor.com

Disclaimer: www.InvestorIdeas.com/About/Disclaimer.asp (Parent Company InvestorIdeas.com(TM) is compensated by portal sponsors)

The Ultimate Green Tech Investor Virtual Stock Trading Contest: Brought to you by InvestorIdeas.com(TM), RenewableEnergyStocks.com(TM), EnvironmentStocks.com, FuelCellCarNews.com and our sponsors. www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com (TM), www.EnvironmentStocks.com and www.FuelCellCarNews.com are portals within the InvestorIdeas.com(TM) content umbrella. Our sites do not make recommendations, but offer investors research, news, interviews, articles, blogs and links to public companies within the renewable energy, clean tech and fuel cell sectors. We provide a variety of renewable and green content through: Clean Energy News Blog, Renewable Energy Blog and articles by solar expert, J. Peter Lynch, all available on www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com (TM).

Disclaimer: Portals are compensated by featured advertising companies.

Our sites do not make recommendations, but offer information portals to research news, articles, stock lists and recent research. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and/or IR firm and is not the opinion of our web sites. These sites are currently compensated by its "featured companies" http://www.investorideas.com/About/News/Clientspecifics.asp

 For more information or to claim prizes contact: Dawn Van Zant 800.665.0411 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=4825C06BE7D051AF  Ann-Marie Fleming 866.725.2554 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=6C8DC33861EA4DAE  Site: www.GreenTechInvestor.com

SOURCE: RenewableEnergyStocks.com(TM), ZAP

Source: MARKET WIRE

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