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Northern Power Appoints Ronald Puryear VP - Product Sales; Promotes Betsy Anderson to VP - Product Operations

Posted on: Thursday, 21 September 2006, 15:01 CDT

WAITSFIELD, Vt., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northern Power, a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corp. , announced today that Ronald Puryear has joined the energy solutions company as vice president of product sales. The company also announced the promotion of Betsy Anderson to vice president in its newly established product operations group.

Northern Power said these additions to its senior management team support its strategic focus on high-value products for distributed generation and oil- and-gas markets. The company develops, markets and produces a growing portfolio of products, including the NorthWind(R) 100 wind turbine, SmartView(R) remote monitoring software, the PowerDistributor(TM) product family, and the newest addition, the MT-Power(TM) system, which made its debut at the PEMEX Expetro 2006 tradeshow in Cancun, Mexico, in early September.

Mr. Puryear comes to Northern Power with a 20-year record of accomplishment in sales and marketing management, including extensive experience in international markets. In his new role in the products division, Mr. Puryear will develop and manage direct sales and external channels worldwide. Previously, he was vice president of global sales & marketing for Doosan-HF Controls Corporation's nuclear and thermal power controls division.

Ms. Anderson's new operations role will involve managing development and fulfillment for the entire Northern Power product line. Until her promotion, she managed the product development team, working with the vice president of operations to align business operations with key product development initiatives, and has also played a key role in implementing a new, company- wide enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. She joined Northern Power in 2005 from General Motors, where she had program management and production start-up responsibilities for that company's new high-volume engines.

"By having Ron join our team and giving Betsy broader responsibilities, we are rounding out a strong, experienced senior management team to help accelerate the acceptance and success of our innovative, customer-focused products in their respective markets," said Northern Power President Darren Jamison. "Ron's expertise in power electronics and controls provides an excellent fit for products such as PowerDistributor PD900 and our modular UPS, and Betsy's in-depth manufacturing experience should enable us to improve production efficiencies and the cost-effectiveness of all Northern Power products."

About Northern Power

Northern Power, a Distributed Energy Systems company, offers reliable power systems, services and products to commercial, industrial, government, utility, and military customers. The company also conducts research and development in the areas of renewable energy, distributed generation and hydrogen technology. Northern Power is headquartered in Waitsfield, Vermont and employs over 150 people with engineering, fulfillment, and customer- support capabilities. The company is a wholly owned operating unit of Distributed Energy Systems Corp. For more information, visit http://www.northernpower.com/.

About Distributed Energy Systems Corp.

Distributed Energy Systems Corp. creates and delivers products and solutions to the emerging decentralized energy marketplace, giving users greater control over their energy cost, quality, and reliability. As the parent company of Proton Energy Systems, Inc. (http://www.protonenergy.com/) and Northern Power Systems, Inc., Distributed Energy Systems delivers a combination of practical, ready-today energy solutions and the solid business platforms for capitalizing on the changing energy landscape. For more information, visit http://www.distributed-energy.com/.

This press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements contained herein concerning Northern Power's and Distributed Energy's goals, guidance, revenue projections and other statements that are not statements of historical fact, including statements concerning accretion to operating results and growth in market share, may be deemed to be forward- looking information. Without limiting the foregoing, words such as "anticipates", "believes", "could", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "may", "might", "should", "will", and "would" and other forms of these words or similar words are intended to identify forward-looking information. Northern Power's and Distributed Energy's actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors. Northern Power and Distributed Energy each disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause results to differ materially from those contained in Northern's and Distributed Energy's forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, failure of our products and systems to perform as specified or achieve commercial acceptance, the impact of competitive products and systems, and other factors detailed in Distributed Energy's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, and other filings Distributed Energy may make from time to time with the SEC.

Distributed Energy Systems Corp.

CONTACT: Amy Klinger of Northern Power, +1-802-496-2955 Ext. 7289,aklinger@northernpower.com

Web site: http://www.distributed-energy.com/http://www.northernpower.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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