Capstone Turbine Invites Public to Listen to First Quarter Conference Call On the Web

    CHATSWORTH, Calif.--April 8, 2002--In conjunction with Capstone Turbine Corporation's (www.microturbine.com) first quarter earnings announcement, members of the public are invited to listen to the Company's live quarterly conference call on the Internet on Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 5 p.m. Eastern, 2 p.m. Pacific.
    To hear the call, simply log on at the Company's web site at www.microturbine.com and go to the Investor Relations web page.
    During the one-hour conference call, management will discuss financial results and operational highlights for the first quarter of 2002.
    Financial results will be released over the news wires after the market closes on Tuesday, April 30, 2002.

    About Capstone Turbine

    Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.microturbine.com) is the world's leading producer of very-low-emission microturbine systems. In 1998, Capstone was the first to offer commercial power products utilizing microturbine technology, the result of more than ten years of focused research. Capstone Turbine has sold and shipped more than 2,000 commercial production Capstone MicroTurbine systems to customers worldwide. These award-winning systems have logged more than 1.5 million hours (170 years) of operation serving, among others, the following applications:

--	Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs): onboard generation
--	Resource recovery: converting oilfield, landfill and sewage waste gases into electricity
--	Micro-cogeneration: combined heat/power/chilling/drying solutions
--	The 9s market: power security, quality and reliability

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