Four Seasons Hotel Washington and New Energy Technologies, Inc. (symbol: NENE), a next-generation alternative and renewable energy developer, will be performing durability tests of the company’s MotionPower™ Auto technology for generating electricity from the movement of cars on Monday, October 12, 2009, at 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, in front of the Hotel’s porte-cochère. This is the first time that New Energy’s MotionPower™ technology is being tested at a hotel property.

Earlier this month, New Energy Technologies, Inc., announced that the first-ever durability field tests of the company’s MotionPower™ technology were successfully conducted, resulting in numerous important engineering and design advancements.

“We are privileged to be working alongside such a well-noted brand as Four Seasons as we continue to advance the development of our MotionPower™ technology with this second set of durability tests,” stated Meetesh V. Patel, President and CEO of New Energy Technologies, Inc.

Four Seasons Hotel Washington has an outstanding and effective environmental programme. Management and staff are dedicated to pursuing, maintaining and implementing standards that reflect their commitment to environmental, social and economical responsibilities, all without compromising the guest experience. In 2008, the Hotel was awarded the Good Earthkeeping Award by the Hotel Association of Washington, DC.

“It’s an honour to be supporting new and creative ways to produce clean energy through technologies like the one developed by New Energy,” stated Tony Savage, Director of Property Operations at Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC. “We’re a brand that’s examining all the possibilities for making a ‘greener’ existence for the hotel industry.”

About the Technology

New Energy’s MotionPower™ technology is designed to be installed in locations where vehicles are required to reduce their speed, thus ensuring that the system only makes use of vehicle energy that would be required to slow down and does not rob vehicles of energy they would otherwise use to accelerate. The MotionPower™ system captures the vehicles’ excess kinetic rolling energy and creatively converts that energy into a novel alternative energy source.

Once MotionPower™ devices are fully optimised and installed, engineers anticipate that they may be used to augment or replace conventional electrical supplies for powering roadway signs, street and building lights, storage systems for back-up and emergency power, and other electronics, appliances and even devices used in homes and businesses such as the commercial sites participating in New Energy’s ongoing durability tests.