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Catamount Energy Expands Its Wind Energy Portfolio with New Investment.


RUTLAND, Vt. -- Catamount catamount: see puma.  Energy Corp. (Catamount) today announced that its fourth U.S. wind project has been completed and attained full commercial operation on May 24, 2007. Sweetwater 4, located in Nolan County, Texas Nolan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 15,802. Its seat is Sweetwater6. The county is named for Phillip Nolan, one of the first American traders to visit Texas. Geography
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, is a 240.8-megawatt project using a combination of Siemens and Mitsubishi Wind turbines.

Sweetwater 4 is the fourth phase of the Sweetwater wind project, which totals 504.8 megawatts in operation today. The Sweetwater 4 wind project employs 135 Mitsubishi 1.0-megawatt turbines and 46 Siemens 2.3-megawatt turbines. Its output is being sold to San Antonio's CPS Energy CPS Energy of San Antonio, Texas (formerly City Public Service, aka CPS) is one of the nation's largest municipally owned utilities, contributing to over 20% of the city's annual operating budget. , a municipally owned energy company, under a long-term purchase agreement.

Prior to commercial operation, Catamount Energy and its partner Babcock and Brown co-developed and constructed Sweetwater 4. Under the long-term ownership structure for Sweetwater 4, Catamount and Babcock will remain equity investors and co-managing members of the project. Catamount and Babcock also co-developed and constructed the prior three phases of Sweetwater, with the first phase achieving commercial operation in the summer of 2003. DKRW Energy LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
 of Houston was the project originator and continues to co-develop the project. Catamount and Babcock are currently co-funding the development and construction of the 80.5-megawatt Sweetwater 5 project.

"Sweetwater is one of the largest wind energy projects in America, and it will continue to expand," said Catamount President Joe Cofelice. "We are happy to have co-developed and to own, along with our partners, this project that helps to address the need for economically and environmentally sound clean energy."

"Catamount has continued to expand its alternative energy generation business with the recently announced investment in Elemental elemental

emanating from or pertaining to elements.


elemental diet
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 Power Generation (a fuel cell project developer), our first consent for a wind project in the United Kingdom, and the new investments at Sweetwater," noted Catamount CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  James Moore James Moore and Jim Moore are the names of more than one person including the following:
  • James Moore (South Carolina politician), colonial governor of South Carolina from 1700–1703 and 1719–1721
  • James Moore (cyclist) (1849–1934), a cycling racer.
. "We are pleased to be growing our business rapidly, but our primary focus continues to be on making sound investments and avoiding poor decisions in a sector that is attracting lots of new money and attention," concluded Moore.

Catamount is a developer, owner, and manager of alternative energy projects and has been in the business of providing clean, cost-competitive electricity in the U.S. and Europe for 14 years. More information regarding Catamount is available on its web site at www.catenergy.com.

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1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, future trends in wind and other projects, acceptance of the Companies' products and services in the marketplace, competitive factors, dependence upon third-party vendors, and other risks. By making these forward-looking statements, the Companies undertake no obligation to update these statements for revision or changes after the date of this release.
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