Capstone Turbine (NASDAQ:CPST) Secures Two New Long-Term Rentals and Announces Expansion of Its Rental Fleet, From 8.6 MW to 10.6 MW

Rental Microturbines To Be Deployed at One of the World's Largest Oil & Gas Producers in Texas, and a New Industrial Agricultural Operation in California

VAN NUYS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / March 8, 2021 / Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (NASDAQ:CPST), the world's leading manufacturer of clean energy technology microturbine systems, announced today that it continues to expand its long-term microturbine rental business as part of expanding its Energy as a Service (EaaS) business model, with an additional 1.6 megawatts (MWs) of new long-term rental contracts. As a result, Capstone also announced today that it will now expand its low emission microturbine rental fleet from today's 8.6 MW to 10.6 MW by March 31, 2021.

Capstone Rental Unit Temporarily Installed at Leading Oil & Gas Producer

One of the two new long-term rental contracts is a one-year rental agreement for a five-bay C600S for one of the world's largest oil and gas producers in Texas. This contract is a follow-on long-term rental secured by Capstone distribution partner Lone Star Power Solutions (www.lonestarpowersolutions.com). Lone Star Power Solutions is Capstone's exclusive distributor for Texas, Arizona and the Gulf States. The microturbine rental system is expected to be delivered and commissioned in the spring of 2021.

The second long-term rental contract is a one-year rental agreement for a C1000S for a new industrial agricultural operation in California. This contract was secured by Capstone's distribution partner, Cal Microturbine, Capstone's exclusive distributor for California, Hawaii & Nevada and nonexclusive for Oregon and Washington (www.calmicroturbine.com). The one-year rental is expected to be commissioned later this summer.

"Expanding Capstone's Energy as a Service business, which includes the long-term rental program, is an important element for the company achieving its near-term profitability goals. Capstone is a proud green energy company, having focused for a long time on transforming the way businesses think about on-site energy production," said Darren Jamison, President and Chief Executive Officer of Capstone Turbine. "Today, we are even more excited to be able to offer our customers Energy as a Service, to strengthen our commitment in creating smarter energy for a cleaner future, as carbon reduction has increasing value to our customers," added Mr. Jamison.

"We currently have over 50 MW of gross, pending long-term rental contract quotations out for consideration with potential customers, and I expect the new U.S. administration will create even more positive momentum toward green initiatives, as President Biden recently signed an executive order to rejoin the U.S. into the Paris climate accord, his first major action to tackle global warming," concluded Mr. Jamison.

"The business plan that we developed in conjunction with amending the Goldman Sachs Note Purchase Agreement on October 1, 2020, included the strategic expansion of the long-term rental fleet from 8.6 MW to 14.85 MW by June 30, 2021, and to 21.1 MW by March 2022," said Eric Hencken, Chief Financial Officer of Capstone Turbine. "Long-term rentals are a key to our financial success as the recurring revenue stream they generate improves our gross margin and expense absorption," concluded Mr. Hencken.

The large oil and gas company continued its pursuit of a flexible and scalable low emission energy solution that could be quickly and easily deployed and increase power capacity and accommodate its Permian basin installations' growing energy needs. The industrial agricultural facility selected the natural gas C1000S due to its lower emission profile when compared to the environmental impact of traditional diesel rental generators.

About Capstone Turbine Corporation

Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (NASDAQ:CPST) is the world's leading producer of highly efficient, low-emission, resilient microturbine energy systems. Capstone microturbines serve multiple vertical markets worldwide, including natural resources, energy efficiency, renewable energy, critical power supply, transportation and microgrids. Capstone offers a comprehensive product lineup via our direct sales team, as well as our global distribution network. Capstone provides scalable solutions from 30 kWs to 10 MWs that operate on a variety of fuels and are the ideal solution for today's multi-technology distributed power generation projects.

For customers with limited capital or short-term needs, Capstone offers rental systems; for more information, contact: rentals@capstoneturbine.com. To date, Capstone has shipped nearly 10,000 units to 83 countries and in FY20, saved customers an estimated $219 million in annual energy costs and 368,000 tons of carbon.

For more information about the company, please visit www.capstoneturbine.com. Follow Capstone Turbine on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

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Released March 8, 2021