United Solar Ovonic and ContourGlobal to Co-Develop Rooftop Solar Installations for...

United Solar Ovonic and ContourGlobal to Co-Develop Rooftop Solar Installations
for Coca-Cola Hellenic Buildings in Italy

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. and NEW YORK, April 22, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Energy
Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (Nasdaq:ENER), through its wholly owned
subsidiary United Solar Ovonic, and ContourGlobal today announced plans to
co-develop rooftop solar systems for buildings in Italy owned and operated by
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (CCH). Under the arrangement,
ContourGlobal will own and operate the systems, which will be built by ECD using
its UNI-SOLAR(R) brand photovoltaic laminates with development resources
provided through ECD subsidiary Solar Integrated Technologies. The initial stage
of the project, which is expected to be completed during calendar year 2010,
will involve approximately 3.4 MW of UNI-SOLAR(R) laminates at four CCH
facilities in Italy. The parties intend to expand their collaboration to include
an additional 4 MW on four CCH sites in the near future.

Joseph C. Brandt, ContourGlobal's President and Chief Executive Officer, said,
"We are successfully working with CCH on a number of innovative energy projects
as part of its sustainability initiative, and we are pleased now to be
collaborating with USO to furnish rooftop solar solutions as an important
element toward this goal. The UNI-SOLAR solutions are ideally suited for these
projects because they meet both our financial metrics and CCH's requirement for
low impact on the rooftop. We expect to quickly complete the first stage of this
project and then extend our cooperation with USO to develop additional systems
to meet CCH's objectives."

Mark Morelli, ECD's President and CEO, said, "As commercial rooftop solar
leaders, we are experienced in designing and delivering dependable solar energy
solutions for an entire roof portfolio, like the CCH roofs that we will
co-develop with our partner, ContourGlobal. This is another example of how the
evolution of our business to target large scale, multi-rooftop projects is
gaining traction. Our UNI-SOLAR solutions complement ContourGlobal's existing
energy product line, and we are collaborating with ContourGlobal on other
projects in Europe, Africa and North America, and hope to do many more
installations within the next few years. We look forward to working with them to
help CCH meet its corporate sustainability goals, starting with these projects
in Italy."

About Energy Conversion Devices

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. is the leader in building integrated and
commercial rooftop photovoltaics, one of the fastest growing segments of the
solar power industry. The company manufactures and sells thin-film solar
laminates that convert sunlight to energy using proprietary technology. ECD's
UNI-SOLAR brand products are unique because of their flexibility, light weight,
ease of installation, durability, and real-world efficiency. ECD also pioneers
other alternative technologies, including a new type of nonvolatile digital
memory technology that is significantly faster, less expensive, and ideal for
use in a variety of applications including cell phones, digital cameras and
personal computers. For more information, please visit
www.energyconversiondevices.com.

About ContourGlobal

ContourGlobal is a power and energy operating and development company
headquartered in New York with approximately 900 employees worldwide and over
1,300 MW of capacity in operation, under construction, or in active development
in a diverse set of markets including the United States, the European Union,
Brazil, Colombia, Togo, Rwanda, Nigeria and Ukraine. The Company develops and
operates electric and combined heat and power businesses around the world for
both governments and multinational companies. ContourGlobal focuses both upon
high-growth, under-served markets and innovative niches within developed markets
-- such as renewable energy and combined heat and power. For more information
please visit ContourGlobal on the Web at http://www.contourglobal.com/

This release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements include statements concerning our plans, objectives,
goals, strategies, future events, future net sales or performance, capital
expenditures, financing needs, plans or intentions relating to expansions,
business trends and other information that is not historical information. All
forward-looking statements are based upon information available to us on the
date of this release and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors,
many of which are outside of our control, that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements.
Risks that could cause such results to differ include: our ability to
successfully integrate the acquisition of Solar Integrated Technologies; our
ability to maintain our customer relationships; the worldwide demand for
electricity and the market for solar energy; the supply and price of components
and raw materials for our products; and our customers' ability to access the
capital needed to finance the purchase of our products. The risk factors
identified in the ECD filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including the company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and most recent
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, could impact any forward-looking statements
contained in this release.

CONTACT: ECD / United Solar Ovonic
Mark Trinske, Vice President, Investor Relations &
Communications
(248) 299-6063

ContourGlobal
Ernesto Gonzalez, Executive Vice President, Business
Development
+39-02-72546-229