Pentadyne Power Names Frank DeLattre to Senior Sales Post

Chatsworth, Calif. - March 1, 2005 - Pentadyne Power Corporation, manufacturer of advanced flywheel power systems, announced that Frank DeLattre has joined the company as senior vice president (SVP) of sales. DeLattre will be responsible for overseeing global sales operations for Pentadyne. His appointment to this newly created position comes as Pentadyne's flagship product, the VSS 120 Voltage Support Solution™, is making significant inroads into the UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) market. According to Paul Craig, CEO of Pentadyne, "Frank will lead our efforts in support of our recent groundbreaking OEM agreement with Liebert, as well as support our worldwide sales initiative for the Pentadyne VSS 120."


DeLattre comes to Pentadyne with an impressive track record of technical sales and marketing experience in both domestic and international markets, having served in senior management roles with Cherokee International, Active Power, Deltec Electronics and Topaz.


The Pentadyne VSS 120 Voltage Support Solution is an innovative flywheel power system that provides a stable, reliable, low maintenance, extended-life DC voltage source to either replace or supplement batteries in UPS systems.


About Pentadyne Power Corporation

Pentadyne designs, manufactures and markets advanced flywheel power systems that provide high quality, reliable power for power quality sensitive customers, urban rail power recycling, and urban transportation. Whether integrated into other products or used alone, Pentadyne's flywheel systems provide an economic, long lasting, low maintenance, lightweight and environmentally sound power solution for a range of applications. Pentadyne is backed by leading venture capital groups and industry players including Nth Power, DTE Energy, MVV Innovations, Sempra Energy, Electricité de France and Ben Rosen (co-founder of Sevin Rosen and Chairman emeritus of Compaq Computer). For two years running, Pentadyne has been named the Energy Venture Fair's "most promising company."


In May 2004, Pentadyne entered into an OEM agreement with Emerson Network Power to produce its Liebert FS Series flywheel power system. Then, in January 2005, Pentadyne Corporation and Emerson Network Power announced the successful demonstration of the Liebert FS flywheel power system with a 750 kVA Liebert Series 610 UPS. For more information on Pentadyne, visit www.pentadyne.com.


For More Information Contact:


David Townley
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Pentadyne Power Corporation
20750 Lassen Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311
(818) 350-0370 o Fax (818) 350-0382
Email: DavidTownley@pentadyne.com

Greg Evans (Agency Support)
President, Account Executive
WelComm, Inc.
7975 Raytheon Rd., Ste 340, San Diego, CA 92111
(858) 279-2100 o Fax: (858) 279-5400
Email: Greg@welcomm.com