TAMPA, Fla., April 17, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Internal Hydro International, Inc. (OTCBB:IHDR) (www.InternalHydro.com) announces that with the production of the Energy Commander V 30 Kw small hydro units, the strategic deployment of units will be made within the United States, after first unit fielding and testing this month. After unit testing, production and deployment will be made in the U.S. followed by Europe. The EC V first units, unannounced until this time, are being made locally in the Tampa area, and under the last stage of assembly for testing. IHDR's European partner, Cm2, is in production mode for Europe for follow on production of the model following this local production. IHDR's first article unit was made secretly under local control, with follow on production to be domestically controlled with production of the first placement units.
The first unit production will be followed by engineering test out, under the control of a professional engineering firm, in the Southern United States. IHDR will test out the unit in an industrial setting during the next two weeks after final assembly locally. Initial showing of the 30 kilowatt units will occur in the first part of May, with initial fielding as previously announced. First unit initial production of domestic units will commence with a domestic production partner, also to be announced, and follow on production at the same time will be with Cm2 for European production of the unit. The initial ten unit placements domestically, already preliminarily identified, will made industrial and natural flows locations particularly in the North Carolina area as previously announced.
An EC V low impact hydro energy unit in production will be able to supply a constant 30 kilowatts of constantly available electricity in many applications at the low volumes given by multiple end users identified by over 200 applications and interest from potential users around North America alone. The EC V units use the natural flows of water from dams, water pipelines, streams and rivers, along with the multiple uses in industrial flows in wood-pulp, chemical, lumber, mining, textile, steel production, oil refining, utility plants, cooling systems in all such uses, and other uses defined by our end potential users. The flows as shown available from these users mean that the applications of the EC V will be so numerous, that the identified uses by end users under contract and letter of intent will fill out the first year's targeted placement. With over 500 units projected and targeted in the first year of production for U.S. use, the domestic market will mean an ongoing production and entry of a solid energy unit without competition using the positive displacement system. Each unit, at a projected cost of $7,500 per unit, will have a five to seven year life, where changeout of the system will mean a down time planned at less than thirty minutes for the complete unit changeout, the EC V unit that will be able to use its reporting system to monitor maintenance requirements as well as unit production via a satellite reporting system to IHDR.
The corporate philosophy of IHDR is to have impactful dividends from its EC operations shared with its shareholders. With combined revenue from the 1,100 EC units from both the EU and the U.S. after one year of operations, the combined available revenue to IHDR is projected to be $23,450,000.
About Internal Hydro
Internal Hydro International, Inc. is an alternative energy company that developed a clean energy power system, the Energy Commander Systems, which utilizes a patented technology using waste water, fluid or gas flow from any source where flow pressure is present, and yet wasted, to create electricity. Internal Hydro has grown into a multi-national enterprise with international contracts spanning over three continents. Internal Hydro is well positioned to gain major market share and dominate the niche of hydro energy in the fragmented alternative energy marketplace. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.InternalHydro.com
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