FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Bellingham, Wash. -- September 4, 2007 -- A national leader in photovoltaic systems and a member of The Alpha Group, Alpha Energy now offers Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), making solar power system purchases more affordable and easier to acquire.

“With all of the news coverage regarding rising energy costs and potentially dwindling fossil fuel supply, renewable energy like solar power is really coming to the forefront as a reality and a necessity,” said Ray Kosanke, National Sales Manager for Alpha Energy. “A PPA allows environmentally-conscious individuals in leading organizations who want to go solar but don’t want to spend the upfront investment on installing a custom photovoltaic system.”

The PPA is a long-term agreement between Alpha Energy, a third-party financier and the customer. In the agreement, Alpha builds a solar energy system on the customer’s site, providing all necessary maintenance and operations for the life of the system. This photovoltaic system generates reliable, long-term clean energy for use by the customer. There is no up-front investment to the customer; customers just run their businesses as usual only paying for the solar electricity they consume. At the end of the PPA term, the facility can be purchased at fair market value or the PPA can be renewed on favorable terms.

“With a PPA, Alpha Energy is enabling more companies to benefit from a green energy source,” said Kosanke. “And aside from the eco-friendly nature of the energy source, the customer gets the assurance that a portion of their energy costs will be at a fixed price for two decades. That can be a great relief in an energy infrastructure that sees monthly, if not weekly or even daily fluctuations in energy costs.”

The financial benefits of a PPA are many, ranging from no up-front capital investment to long-term fixed energy prices. But customers also gain from knowing they are incorporating the latest in photovoltaic solar energy generation, and from being recognized as a progressive community and corporate leader by embracing a technology that benefits both their business and the environment.

“By choosing solar power as alternative energy, customers get to enjoy a proven source of clean energy that is silent, reliable, emissions free and requiring minimal maintenance“,” said Kosanke. “Without even thinking of the future savings you’ll get from the system, a PPA makes sense. You already have the space; all you need is a large unused flat roof, open ground or parking structure.”

Alpha Energy, a member of the Alpha Group and a subdivision of Alpha Technologies, is a full-service engineering and project development company for the distributed generation power industry. One of the nation’s leading developers of turnkey photovoltaic systems for commercial, residential, institutional and remote (off-grid) applications, Alpha Energy is recognized as a market innovator in packaging renewable energy technologies.

The Alpha Group represents a global alliance of independent companies that share a common philosophy create world-class powering solutions for communication, commercial, industrial and renewable energy markets.

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