Publication: Business Wire  http://www.allbusiness.com/   Thursday, April 5 2007

The Distributed Energy Financial Group LLC (DEFG, www.defgllc.com), a specialized consulting and financial services firm focused on the energy technology sector, released the Q1 2007 results of the Distributed Energy Stock Index (DESI, pronounced Deh-Zee), and index of 40 publicly traded companies in the alternative energy space. For Q1 2007, the DESI gained 5 percent, almost triple the performance of the Russell 2000 and other benchmark indices.

"In a very turbulent quarter, the DESI keeps chugging along with another significant gain," stated Jamie Wimberly, CEO of the Distributed Energy Financial Group. "What is interesting, though, is that a pattern from last year is starting to become evident, namely, a gap opening up between the DESI and other benchmark indices. If the pattern holds going into the summer, the DESI should grow significantly in Q2 2007."

 

The DESI is comprised of six market segments. Prime movers, renewable energy and the demand management segments all recorded solid gains. The other segments recorded minimal gains or a loss, with the power quality sector dropping significantly in Q1 2007.

The DESI company leaders and laggards for Q4 2006 were:

 

UQM Technologies (UQM)  + 51.1 %

DayStar Technologies (DSTI)  + 40.1 %

Amer Superconductor (AMSC)  + 37.3 %

 

Dist. Energy Systems Corp (DESC)  -61.9 %

Active Power (ACPW)  -26.0 %

Hydrogenics (HYGS)  -31.4 %

 

DEFG [c] 2007. Through the issuance of this press release, DEFG is not giving investment advice or any other advice.