DynaMotive to Participate in US Department of Energy Funded Program for the Development of Integrated Pyrolysis / Combined Cycle Biomass Power System

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DynaMotive to Participate in US Department of Energy Funded Program for the Development of Integrated Pyrolysis / Combined Cycle Biomass Power System

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DynaMotive to Participate in US Department of Energy Funded Program for the Development of Integrated Pyrolysis / Combined Cycle Biomass Power System

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER, Apr. 16 -/E-Wire/-- DynaMotive Energy Systems Corporation (OTCBB: DYMTF) announced today that the US Department of Energy has awarded $250,000 to determine the technical and commercial viability of integrated pyrolysis / combined cycle biomass power systems.

DynaMotive’s US subsidiary, its R&D; partner Resource Transforms International (RTI) Ltd., Alliant Energy Corporation and a team of experts in power plant design, electric utility operation and biomass energy will conduct the program. Other partners in the program are: Black and Veatch Corp., a leading consulting firm in the design and construction of power plants, and The Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies at Iowa State University, recognized for its expertise in thermal processing of biomass. Alliant Energy will act as the coordinating partner.

Key objectives include the:

* design of a combined cycle gas turbine system to use BioOil as a fuel.

* evaluation of fuel supply and cost.

* evaluation of processes to separate high-value by-products from BioOil.

* economic evaluation of the proposed biomass power system.

The program is due to be completed by the 2nd quarter of this year.

Alliant Energy (NYSE:LNT), headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, is a growing family of energy-service companies with domestic and international operations. Alliant Energy, through its subsidiaries and partners, provides electric, natural gas, water and steam services to over three million customers worldwide. Alliant Energy Resources, Inc., home of the company's non-utility businesses, has operations and investments throughout the United States as well as in Australia, Brazil, China and New Zealand.

DynaMotive is an energy systems company that is focused on the development of innovative energy solutions based on its patented pyrolysis system. Through the application of its technology and know-how, the Company intends to tap into abundant organic resources that are generally discarded by the agricultural and forest industries at a cost, and economically convert them into a renewable and environmentally friendly fuel. Examples include forestry residues such as wood and bark, and agricultural residues such as sugar cane bagasse and corn stover. The Company has successfully converted each of these residues, which are available worldwide, into BioOil and char making them a renewable and environmentally friendly oil and char reserve.

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Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those stored in such statements. Such risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to, changes and delays in product development plans and schedules, customer acceptance of new products, changes in pricing or other actions by competitors, patents owned by the Company and its competitors, and general economic conditions, as well as other risks detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

DynaMotive Energy Systems Corporation

For further information: on DynaMotive, please call: Corporate Communications, Tel: (604) 267-6000, Toll Free (in North America): 1-[REDACTED-PHONE], Fax: (604) 267-6005, Email: [REDACTED-EMAIL], Website: www.DynaMotive.com; In Europe, contact: Antony Robson, Managing Director, Tel: (44) (0) 20-7518-9380, Fax: (44) (0) 20-7518-9381; For US enquiries, contact: James Acheson, Chief Operating Officer, DynaMotive Corporation, Tel: (323) 460-4900, Fax: (323) 465-2617, Email: [REDACTED-EMAIL]

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