CPO Compact Power

RNS Number:4008E
Compact Power Holdings PLC
12 June 2006


For Immediate Release                                              12 June 2006


                           COMPACT POWER HOLDINGS PLC

                               Board Appointment


Compact Power Holdings plc ("Compact Power"), the AIM listed waste and biomass
to energy company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr David Weaver as
a Non-Executive Director.


Mr Weaver, 57, a Fellow of the Energy Institute and a founder member of the
Institute of Petroleum Engineers, also a Chartered Engineer in Australia, has
spent his professional career in the energy industry. He was latterly at BP
where he was Managing Director (Europe) of BP Gas, Power and Renewables from
2000 to 2003 and previously President and CEO Europe, of Duke Energy
International, one of the USA's largest gas and power enterprises. Prior to Duke
Energy, he was Chief Executive Officer, International, of CMS Energy Inc. a
large US utility company.


Mr Weaver currently holds directorships of System Capital Management, an Eastern
and Central European financial group with interests in steel manufacturing,
electricity distribution and power grid networks and is Chairman of
EnviroResource Group, a company developing and promoting new environmental
solutions for waste and energy in the industrial and municipal sectors
worldwide. EnviroResources has recently invested #1million in Compact Power and
is actively promoting the Compact Power technology for projects in various parts
of the world.


Commenting on the appointment, Nic Cooper, Chairman of Compact Power said:

"David Weaver is a highly qualified energy professional with experience at the
highest level and an international reputation. His technical and managerial
skills and expertise will greatly strengthen the Board as we undergo a period of
sustained growth"


David Weaver said: "The Compact Power technology is designed for community
distributed energy and waste processing facilities. I have a strong belief that
this is where the future lies for good environmental solutions. My appointment
to the board reflects my personal commitment and the commitment of
EnviroResources to playing a significant role in delivering the potential of
this world leading British technology."


The following information is disclosed in accordance with Schedule Two,
paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules:



(i) David William Weaver (aged 57)


(ii) Directorships

Current                                    Past 5 years

The Butlers Collection Limited             Baltimore Technologies plc
Enviroresources Limited                    Duke Energy (Europe) Limited
Enviroresources (Asia) Limited
Enviroresources (USA) Limited
Enviroresources (Europe) Limited
Nordeng Limited
DTEK Limited
Nordeng Holdings Limited
Rotom AB



(iii) to (viii) - no disclosure required.


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Note: Compact Power has developed an innovative technology based on pyrolysis,
gasification and high temperature oxidation for the safe, economic and
environmentally friendly processing of a wide range of wastes and biomass with
energy recovery, The Company operates a commercial plant at Avonmouth, Bristol.


Enquiries:


Compact Power Holdings plc

Richard Hogg, Business Development Director
Tel: 0117 980 2910
Mob: 07771 734373
www.compactpower.co.uk


Winningtons Financial PR Limited
Paul Vann/Ken Rees
Tel: 0117 920 0092
Mob: 07768 807631 or 07802 466567




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