China Recycling Energy Corporation Transfers WHPG System to Zhong Gang for US$9.8 Million

XI'AN, China, Feb. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- China Recycling Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: CREG; "CREG" or "the Company"), a leading industrial waste-to-energy solution provider in China, today announced that its Waste Heat Power Generation System ("WHPG System") originally leased to Zhong Gang Group Bin Hai Industry Co., Ltd. ("Zhong Gang") was transferred to Zhong Gang for a price of about US$9.8 million (RMB60.0 million) recently.

Under the original lease contract, CREG was leasing the WHPG System to Zhong Gang for 9 years from the day the system became operational in October 2010 until September 2019. However, Zhong Gang Group, a large Chinese steel company that is the controlling shareholder of Zhong Gang, is undertaking a restructuring of its businesses that involves the discontinuation of many system outsourcing arrangements, including the WHPG System, to operate and manage those systems in-house going forward.

After negotiations with Zhong Gang, the Company has agreed to an early transfer of the WHPG System for an early termination fee of approximately US$9.8 million. According to Company's estimates, this amount is fairly close to the discounted cash flow value of the total principal repayment and interest income on sales-type leases of US$11.3 million (RMB69.3million) receivable by the Company during the period from January 1, 2015 to September 30, 2019. 

Mr. Guohua Ku, Chairman and CEO of CREG commented, "We believe that the early termination fee is fair, taking into account the time value of money, and the opportunity to deploy the cash to more profitable projects in the near future. We welcome this additional boost to our cash flow at a time when we need to fund new projects already under contract. We know there is substantial demand for our systems going forward and we remain fully confident in our ability to increase long-term value for our shareholders."

About China Recycling Energy Corp.

China Recycling Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: CREG or "the Company") is based in Xi'an, China and provides environmentally friendly waste-to-energy technologies to recycle industrial byproducts for steel mills, cement factories and coke plants in China. Byproducts include heat, steam, pressure, and exhaust to generate large amounts of lower-cost electricity and reduce the need for outside electrical sources. The Chinese government has adopted policies to encourage the use of recycling technologies to optimize resource allocation and reduce pollution. Currently, recycled energy represents only an estimated 1 percent of total energy consumption and this renewable energy resource is viewed as a growth market due to intensified environmental concerns and rising energy costs as the Chinese economy continues to expand. The management and engineering teams have over 20 years of experience in industrial energy recovery in China. For more information about CREG, please visit http://www.creg-cn.com.

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For more information, please contact:

Mr. David Chong, Chief Financial Officer
China Recycling Energy Corp.
Tel: +86-1370-1813139; +65-9721 6163
Email: [email protected]

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Ms. Xiaoyan Su (China)
Vice President
Tel: +86-10-59001548
Email: [email protected]

Mr. Christian Arnell (China)
Vice President
Phone: +86-10-59001548
E-mail: [email protected]

SOURCE China Recycling Energy Corp.

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