Evergreen Energy`s GreenCert Solution for Emissions Management Achieves IBM Framework Validation

DENVER--(Business Wire)--
Evergreen Energy Inc. (NYSE Arca:EEE), a green energy technology solutions
company, announced its GreenCert solution has been validated on IBM`s Solution
Architecture for Energy and Utilities (SAFE) framework and will be marketed
across the globe.

IBM's SAFE framework is the software technology backbone that makes a wide range
of utility solutions possible by helping clients build a standards-based
integrated platform for all of their operations across their energy value chain.
This new framework brings the capabilities of IBM software; including WebSphere,
Tivoli, Rational, Lotus and Information Management products, to power solutions
across all areas of a utility company, including plant operations, smart meters
and personal utility management. GreenCert addresses emissions management, a key
element within the business process automation project area of IBM`s SAFE
architecture.

The GreenCert solution is further enhanced through the partnership with
Enterprise Information Management (EIM). EIM has helped support the GreenCert
solution in the IBM validation process with their systems integration expertise
and have provided valuable business development resources promoting GreenCert
solutions in various verticals worldwide.

"Our energy and utility company clients are seeking solutions that address
current challenges and provide business agility in the future," stated Jeff
Smith, vice president, Communications Sector Solutions, IBM Software Group. "The
GreenCert solution, along with IBM's SAFE framework, is an example of how an
accurate and scalable emission information management system can translate into
enterprise-wide smart energy solutions."

"By meeting IBM's SAFE Framework validation requirements, GreenCert has
demonstrated the value our suite of solutions and what it provides to customers
who are focused on the issue of better managing their environmental
intelligence, supply chain management, and increasing their carbon management
needs," stated Miles Mahoney, president and general manager of C-Lock
Technology, Inc., the subsidiary of Evergreen Energy Inc. "GreenCert`s inclusion
in the SAFE framework partner ecosystem offers our customers a solid base as
they prepare for the possibility of carbon emission mandates in 2009."

About Evergreen Energy Inc.

Evergreen Energy Inc. (NYSE Arca:EEE) has developed two proven, proprietary,
patented, and transformative green technologies: the GreenCert suite of software
and services and K-Fuel. GreenCert, owned exclusively by Evergreen, is a
scientifically accurate, scalable environment intelligence solution that
measures greenhouse gases and generates verifiable emissions credits. K-Fuel
technology significantly improves the performance of low-rank coals yielding
higher efficiency and lowering emissions. Please visit www.evgenergy.com to
learn more.

Evergreen Investor Contacts:
Jimmac Lofton, 303-293-2992
VP Corporate Development
jlofton@evgenergy.com
or
Lippert / Heilshorn & Associates
Kirsten Chapman & Becky Herrick
415.433.3777
bherrick@lhai.com
or
Evergreen Media Contact:
Lippert / Heilshorn & Associates
Adam Handelsman, 212.838.3777
ahandelsman@lhai.com

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