Solpower Corporation (OTC BB: SLPW) - an environmental solutions company and manufacturer of Soltron(TM), the first enzyme based emissions control technology for liquid fossil fuels, announce that the SCANA Transportation District of Columbia, South Carolina recently achieved a 14% reduction in fuel consumption after completing a fleet-wide test on their public buses using Soltron(TM).

A recent study on the adverse health effects of diesel soot on children inside school buses was given national attention in the media. Pressure to clean up public buses throughout the country is mounting and Soltron(TM) offers municipalities and school districts a fast, cost-effective method to reduce toxic exhaust emissions from buses.

Headquartered in Columbia, SC, SCANA Corporation is an $8 billion Fortune 500 energy-based holding company whose businesses include regulated electric and natural gas utility operations, telecommunications and other non-regulated energy-related businesses. SCANA is the parent of South Carolina Electric & Gas, the first U.S. public utility to use Soltron(TM) in their diesel-fueled, power generators. In a recent test of Soltron(TM), South Carolina Electric & Gas lowered sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions by more than 35%.

Jim Hirst, CEO of Solpower Corporation stated, "In the last six months, Solpower has made breakthrough sales of Soltron(TM) into rail, power, and now municipal bus fleets. By the second quarter of 2002, we anticipate having fully-stocked, warehouse distributors in at least thirty states. This will give Solpower the regional and local support needed to take advantage of our success in these new markets."

About Solpower Corporation

Solpower Corporation is an environmental solutions and technology company. Solpower's product lines include important environmental solutions for the replacement of harmful CFCs in refrigeration units as well as a line of enzyme based products used for fuel enhancement and cleaning agents. Its head office and enzyme division production and distribution facility is located in Phoenix, Arizona. The company's refrigerant division includes Protocol Resource Management Inc., a subsidiary of the company with a SP34E(TM) production facility located in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. Protocol also specializes in the cost-effective management of both corporate and trade refrigerant services and is Canada's largest refrigerant reclamation company.

For more information on the Company or its products, visit the web site at www.solpower.com or contact Jim Hirst at 888-289-8866 or investor relations at 888-310-2565.

This press release includes statements, which may constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors, which would cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, factors detailed in Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

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