NEAH Power Systems Presents Fuel Cell Prototype to Military and Civilian Energy Sectors...

NEAH Power Systems Presents Fuel Cell Prototype to Military and Civilian Energy
Sectors at 11th Electrochemical Power Sources R&D Symposium

BOTHELL Wash., July 13, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NEAH Power (OTCBB:NPWS)
www.neahpower.com, the company leading development in fuel cells for the
military and portable electronic devices, will present its disruptive and unique
methanol-nitric fuel cell, funded by the Office of Naval Research, at the 11th
Electrochemical Power Sources R&D Symposium beginning today in Baltimore, MD.
Attendees include representatives from all branches of the military, as well as
many leaders from the civilian energy sector.
http://www.11ecpss.betterbtr.com/index.html.

Dr. Tsali Cross, VP of Engineering at NEAH Power, will describe NEAH's
Development and characterization of porous silicon based methanol-nitric fuel
cell prototype systems for portable military applications at the Power Sources
Symposium. The presentation summarizes NEAH's research and development on
anaerobic fuel cells.

"We are very grateful to the ONR for their generous support of the anaerobic
direct methanol fuel cell project over the past year and we are happy to
showcase our findings at this prestigious conference. The anaerobic fuel cell
system will serve as the foundation for numerous fuel cell products," Dr. Chris
D'Couto, NEAH's President and Chief Executive Officer, noted.

About NEAH Power

NEAH Power Systems, Inc. (NPWS) is developing long-lasting, efficient and safe
power solutions for the military and for portable electronic devices. NEAH uses
a unique, patented, silicon-based design for its micro fuel cells that enable
higher power densities, lower cost and compact form-factors. The company's micro
fuel cell system can run in aerobic and anaerobic modes.

Further company information can be found at www.neahpower.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward looking statements and made pursuant to the
Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements reflect numerous assumptions and involve a
variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's
control that may cause actual results to differ materially from stated
expectations. Factors that might cause such material difference include, among
others, our limited operating history, potential research and prototype delays,
difficulties in developing and commercializing new technologies.

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