Clipper Windpower Appoints John Lamb As President And Chief Executive Officer Of Clipper Windpower Development Corporation

Clipper Windpower, Inc. ("Clipper") today announced the appointment of John A. Lamb, Esq. as President and Chief Executive Officer of Clipper Windpower Development Company, Inc., effective September 1, 2008. Lamb brings extensive project joint venture and sales experience to Clipper.

Carpinteria, CA (PRWEB) November 30, 2008 -- Clipper Windpower, Inc. ("Clipper") today announced the appointment of John A. Lamb, Esq. as President and Chief Executive Officer of Clipper Windpower Development Company, Inc., effective September 1, 2008.    
   
"John brings to Clipper extensive experience and leadership in wind project development, joint ventures and sales," said Doug Pertz, President and Chief Executive Officer of Clipper Windpower. "With twenty-plus years in wind sector related finance, mergers and acquisitions, coupled with his proven negotiation and organizational abilities, John's expertise will be invaluable as Clipper continues to actively pursue joint venture partnerships in large-scale wind project developments with premier strategic and financial partners."
   
Prior to joining Clipper, Mr. Lamb acted as special corporate legal counsel for a number of Clipper's high-profile transactions, including the Titan joint venture transaction which represents more than 5,000 MW of wind energy development capacity and is the world's largest wind energy project under development. Earlier, Mr. Lamb was in private legal practice where he represented wind power developers and other entities involved in the wind power industry. He also served as General Counsel or Assistant General Counsel of Enron Wind Corp. from 1997 to 2004. Mr. Lamb received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Baylor University and his JD and Masters of Business Taxation degrees from the University of Southern California.
   
About Clipper Windpower
Clipper Windpower, www.clipperwind.com, is a rapidly growing company engaged in wind energy technology, turbine manufacturing, and wind project development. With offices in the United Kingdom, United States of America (California, Colorado, Iowa, and Maryland), Denmark, and Mexico and a ISO9001:2000 QMS Certified, 330,000 square foot manufacturing and assembly facility located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the company designs advanced wind turbines, manufactures its 2.5-MW Liberty wind turbine and actively develops wind power generating projects in the Americas and Europe. Clipper is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Clipper's ticker symbol is CWP.

The ordinary shares of Clipper Windpower Plc are traded on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange and are not registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Such shares may not be offered or sold to residents of the United States or to persons acting on their behalf, or to other persons who are "United States Persons" within the meaning of Regulation S as promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, unless such shares have been registered under the Securities Act or there is an available exemption from registration.

For more information contact:

Mary McCann-Gates
Director, Global Communications

Clipper Windpower Inc.
6305 Carpinteria Avenue, Suite 300
Carpinteria, CA 93013
(main) 805.690.3275
(direct) 805.576.1323
(fax) 805.899.1115
(mobile) 661.301.0400
mmccann@clipperwind.com

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