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Clipper Windpower PLC
18 October 2007



NOBEL PRIZE WINNER ALAN J. HEEGER JOINS CLIPPER WINDPOWER PLC BOARD OF DIRECTORS

London, (UK), Carpinteria, CA (USA) - October 18, 2007 - Clipper Windpower Plc
today announced that Alan J. Heeger PhD, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Physics
at the University of California Santa Barbara, has been elected to the Clipper
Board of Directors.


"Dr. Heeger brings to Clipper a tremendous perspective as a scientist and
distinguished professor, as well as from his notable list of honors and
professional appointments" said James G.P. Dehlsen, chairman and CEO of Clipper.
"He is active in leading-edge research and has built a legacy of remarkable
contributions, including one for which he earned a Nobel Prize for his work in
Chemistry in 2000.  We are certainly honored and delighted to have him on 
board."


"I have followed with interest Clipper's business activities since its inception
and have great respect for both the Company's work and its leadership" said Dr.
Heeger.  "Clipper's existing cutting edge technology and long term focus on
innovation make it a great pleasure for me to take on this appointment. I look
forward to being part of the team and helping to explore new opportunities and
new technologies."


As Professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Dr. Heeger and
his colleagues have conducted pioneering research in the area of highly
conductive polymers - plastics that have the properties of semiconductors or
metals.  Dr. Heeger continues to be dedicated to science and to the creation of
technology built upon that science.


Dr. Heeger, 71, earned a B. S. with High Distinction from the University of
Nebraska.  He was awarded his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley.
With more than 50 awarded patents and more than 800 scientific publications,
Dr. Heeger's most recent honors include election to the National Academy of
Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering (USA), and a list of honorary
degrees including Doctor of Science, Trinity College, Dublin; Doctor of
Philosophy, Bar-Ilan University, Israel; Doctor of Science, South China
Institute of Science and Technology; and Doctor of Science, Japan Advanced
Institute for Science and Technology.  Other honors include appointment as
Albert Einstein Honorary Chair Professor, Chinese Academy of Science; election
to the Korean Academy of Science (Foreign Member); Chancellor's Medal,
University of California at Santa Barbara and President's Medal for
Distinguished Achievement, University of Pennsylvania.  He currently holds the
Presidential Chair, University of California at Santa Barbara where he serves as
Professor of Physics and Professor of Materials.   He was awarded the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry in 2000.

Dr. Heeger is currently a director for Konarka Technologies, CBrite Inc. and 
CytomX LLC.

Over the last five years Dr. Heeger also served as a director for RitDisplay 
Corp Taiwan (2003 - 2006),
SBA Materials (2001 - 2004) and QTL Biosystems (2002 - 2004).

On 17 October 2007 Dr. Heeger was granted options to acquire 5,000 ordinary
shares of 10p each pursuant to the Clipper Windpower Plc 2005 Unapproved
Executive Share Option Plan at an exercise price of # 6.14 per share. The
options may be exercised during the period from grant date to 17 October 2012.
The exercise price is based upon the 17 October 2007 mid-market closing price of
# 6.14 per share.


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