Good Spring Power Project Increases to 300 MW

Electricity Facility Expects to Begin Construction in 2013

CALGARY, May 17, 2012 /CNW/ - EmberClear Corp. (TSXV: EMB) ("EmberClear") plans to increase the power generation at the Good Spring Power Plant ("Good Spring Power"), in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania from 270 MW to 300 MW. The 300 MW Natural Gas Combined Cycle ("NGCC") power plant is a variation of the previously announced 270 MW advanced coal Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle ("IGCC") power plant, named Good Spring IGCC. This change results from the recent emergence of favourably priced long-term contracts for natural gas. EmberClear plans to enter a long-term natural gas contract to supply Good Spring NGCC in the coming months. Other implications for this decision include:

1. Natural Gas Fuel Source - Good Spring Power has been permitted to generate electricity from syngas and natural gas. Originally, syngas would have been created with coal gasification technology as the primary fuel with natural gas as a backup fuel source. However, improving availability and economics of domestic natural gas enables the project to use natural gas as the primary fuel source. This modification lowers the project complexity, reduces the capital cost by at least 60% and accelerates the construction schedule;
   
   
2. Accelerating Time to Construction - The lack of regulatory clarity on emissions for coal-based electricity plants plus the immediate availability of natural gas provides a strong incentive to use natural gas as the primary fuel source. EmberClear has begun the contract and financial closing activities to prepare for construction in 2013; and
   
   
3. Choice of Feedstock for the Future - Use of either coal or natural gas as a feedstock is highly dependent on the differential between either one of these fuel sources with respect to the price of electricity. As contract prices for both coal and natural gas have been historically volatile, EmberClear has the option to use either fuel source. If the future regulatory environment and economics make the IGCC power plant a better solution, EmberClear has the ability to build an IGCC plant.

"The price difference between wholesale electricity and natural gas has grown substantially in the last few months," said Albert Lin, CEO EmberClear. "With long-term contracts for natural gas being so competitively priced, a compelling opportunity to quickly move into contracting and construction with higher than historical returns presents itself. We intend to capitalize on this market condition."

About EmberClear

EmberClear is an advanced energy development company focused on low emission energy projects around the world. EmberClear aims to accelerate the adoption of technologies enabling improvements in the efficiency and cleanliness of fossil fuel consumption. This objective is partially enabled through a license to thermal chemistry technologies developed, over the last two decades, by the Huaneng Clean Energy Research Institute (HCERI), a subsidiary of the world's largest power company, Huaneng Power Group of China. EmberClear also holds surface and mineral rights in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This property lies in the Southern Anthracite coalfield of eastern Pennsylvania, USA and is a small portion of the Valley and Ridge physiographic province of the Appalachian Highlands. EmberClear's shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol "EMB". For more information, please visit www.emberclear.com.

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