ThermoEnergy Corporation Elects Dr. Dileep Agnihotri to Board of Directors

WORCESTER, Mass., Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ThermoEnergy Corp. (OTCBB: TMEN), a diversified technologies company engaged in development and sales of municipal and industrial wastewater recovery and clean power generation technologies announced today that it has elected Dr. Dileep Agnihotri to its board of directors.

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Dr. Agnihotri is CEO, President, and a member of the Board of Directors of Advanced Hydro Inc., a privately held company commercializing novel membranes technology and turn-key systems for treatment of waste-water in the oil and gas industry, including hydraulic fracturing wastewater recycling applications. He is also serving as acting CEO and a member of the Board of Directors of Graphene Energy, Inc. also a privately held company.  Dr. Agnihotri has been a principal at 21 Ventures, LLC, a venture capital management firm providing seed, growth and bridge capital for technology ventures, since 2008.  Prior to 21 Ventures and Advanced Hydro, he spent 8 years, from 2001 to 2008, as director and world-wide manager of Jordan Valley Semiconductors Inc., an Israeli private company in the thin-film metrology market, where he managed technology development, applications development and strategic, technical and product marketing.   Dr. Agnihotri holds a PhD in Nuclear Chemistry and an MS in Physical Chemistry from the University of Rochester.  He also has an MS degree in Physics from Agra University. He has published more than 30 articles and holds more than half a dozen patents. Dr. Agnihotri brings to the Board expertise in new and disruptive technologies, their market potential and commercialization aspects.

"ThermoEnergy is both delighted and privileged to welcome Dr. Dileep Agnihotri as member of Board of Directors," said ThermoEnergy Chairman and CEO, Cary Bullock. "Dr. Agnihotri's extensive knowledge and experience in the wastewater treatment industry will be an exceptional asset as ThermoEnergy continues to formulate its strategies for growth."

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About ThermoEnergy

Founded in 1988, ThermoEnergy is a diversified technologies company engaged in the worldwide development, sales and commercialization of patented and/or proprietary municipal and industrial wastewater treatment and power generation technologies. Additional information on the Company and its technologies can be found on its website at www.thermoenergy.com.

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SOURCE ThermoEnergy Corp.