Hydro Alternative Energy, Inc. Announces Initial In-Water, Off-Shore Testing of Patent Pending Turbine Prototype Successfully Demonstrates Proof of Concept

    JUPITER, FL, February 16, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Hydro Alternative Energy, Inc. ("HAE" or the "Company"), a renewable energy company, announced today that it has recently and successfully conducted initial in-water, off-shore testing of its patent pending turbine prototype designed for use in certain planned commercialized tidal water power applications.

The test involved the turbine prototype being positioned in the Intracoastal waterway by a Company chartered vessel and successfully demonstrating the production of electrical current through simple, effective testing methods. A video of such test is available for viewing at HAE's website www.HydroAlternativeEnergy.com.

HAE believes that the basic design of the technology set forth in the U.S. and international patent pending applications will allow the Company to save approximately 2 to 3 years of research and development, particularly in view of such successful prototype testing, and our engineering team members' intimate working knowledge of the technology comprising the prototype device.

Mark Antonucci, Chief Financial Officer and co-founder of HAE was quoted as saying: "We are wildly excited about the results of such initial testing, which far exceeded our expectations. Our turbine technology will clearly accelerate our efforts to produce working turbines for clean, low cost electric energy production and deployment in slow moving water in areas not yet currently serviced."

Jon Landau, CEO of HAE, said: "We are developing a system to generate clean, inexpensive and predictable energy by converting ocean and tidal currents into usable energy through our planned Hydro Power Generation System. Utilizing these currents, we believe we will be able to create significantly higher levels of power generation as compared to other renewable and/or alternative energy sources such as wind and solar power. We believe that the turbine described within the patent pending applications will allow our system to generate more power than originally estimated. The design of the patent pending technology is modular in design, environmentally friendly and unobtrusive to the surrounding area."

Mr. Landau was further quoted as saying: "I am excited about the significant leap in tidal water power technology that this test has demonstrated, and congratulate our dedicated engineering team, who, as Company shareholders, have a vested interest in our success."

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