TAMPA, Fla., April 10, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Internal Hydro International Inc. (OTCBB:IHDR) (www.InternalHydro.com) announces that with the production of the Energy Commander V small hydro units, selected locations in North Carolina which were previously identified and under agreement will be the first initial locations where the first production units will be placed. With literally tens of thousands of locations where the 30 Kilowatt low impact hydro system can be located across the country, IHDR chose to concentrate on areas of Western North Carolina, for initial placement, and located numerous applications sites where the units could be easily implemented to supply electricity on a constant basis for the end users, or sold to the grid. The projected locations studied would support over 70 units, on the limited sites studied in a three county area of Western North Carolina. Each unit, with a projected $17,500 per unit annual revenue, will cut electricity costs for the end user and create large revenues for IHDR. With first article units to be completed and tested by the end of April 2006, and initial production and placement of units to follow in Europe with IHDR's EU partner, Cm2, and IHDR's domestic placement, initial production placement is set by the end of the second quarter, 2006.
In numerous locations in the Western North Carolina area, the use of the EC V has been identified to be superior and fit well over traditional turbines, due to the lower and smaller amount of flow which is required to make electricity, with less effects than turbines to the environment. Studies of a limited ten locations show that multiple units, some as many as 40 or as little as 3 units can be located on available natural and industrial cooling and water use streams in the area.
"Indeed, not all locations were studied which would be available in the area; it was simply the ones we chose to study with the owners commitment," stated Craig A. Huffman, CEO and President of IHDR. "With the tremendous relationships developed in the area, with the Governmental entities, and private industry, their support of our products to come to market, I feel it is only suiting that we use Yadkin County and surrounding areas of North Carolina to field our first production units," continued Huffman.
An EC V 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 change out 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 1100 EC units from both the EU and the US after one year of operations, the combined available revenue to IHDR is projected to be $23,450,000. Additionally, IHDR is and will entertain distributor and licensing arrangements for negotiated fees as set by management in the near future for areas of North and South America as well as Asia.
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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