Xethanol Announces Tom Endres, COO Joins the Board of The Beacon Institute

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Xethanol Corporation (AMEX: XNL), a renewable energy company,
today announced that Tom Endres, Chief Operating Officer, joined the
Board of Directors of The Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries.

Headquartered midway along the Hudson River Estuary in the City of
Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, The Beacon Institute is a not-for
profit environmental research organization with a focus on rivers and
estuaries. The Institute, which utilizes a three-pronged approach
focusing on Science & Technology, Education and Policy, is developing
a force of scientists, engineers, educators and policy experts whose
collaborative work will focus on some of the most important and
endangered bodies of water in the world.

Mr. Endres commented, "I am pleased to join such an established
and prestigious organization as the Beacon Institute, which is
performing very important environmental work. My work with the
Institute will enable us to extend the reach of Xethanol and the
company's goal of fostering environmentally sound energy
alternatives."

About Xethanol Corporation

Xethanol Corporation is a renewable energy company focused on
alternate energy products and technologies as well as producing
ethanol and other co-products. Xethanol is focusing on renewable
energy and clean technology, including biomass gasification for
electricity production, wind power, solar power, energy storage,
energy infrastructure, energy efficiency, waste recycling and
agricultural processes.

Xethanol has research agreements in place, including several aimed
at efficient production of cellulosic ethanol. The company is working
with some of the nation's leading scientific institutions, including
the National Renewable Energy Lab in Golden, Colorado; Virginia Tech
in Blacksburg, Virginia; the USDA Forest Products Lab in Madison,
Wisconsin; and the Energy and Environmental Research Lab in Grand
Forks, North Dakota.

For more information about Xethanol, please visit its website at
www.xethanol.com.

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Kathleen Heaney, 203-803-3585

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