Hydrogen Engine Center Announces Agreement with ITM Power Plc

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Hydrogen Engine Center Announces Agreement with ITM Power Plc

For Immediate Release - November 13, 2006 - Algona, IA - Hydrogen Engine Center,
Inc.,  (HEC) announces today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding
("MoU" or/and the "Agreement")  with ITM Power Plc (ITM) one of the UK's leading
innovators within the alternative  energy sources industry.  HEC is a US company
that designs,  manufactures and distributes alternative fuel internal combustion
engines for the  industrial  and power  generation  market.  The parties plan to
jointly  develop  products for a non polluting,  grid-independent  energy system
which can undergo early field trial testing.

The purpose of the MoU is to provide a platform from which the two organizations
can develop their  respective  technologies  resulting in mutual  benefits.  HEC
anticipates  that ITM can offer an assured  supply of  hydrogen  using ITM's low
cost  electrolyzer  technology.  ITM anticipates  that HEC will provide an early
route to the  provision of a complete  system  package using HEC's proven engine
technology.

The combination of a hydrogen fueled internal  combustion  engine and a low cost
electrolyzer  could  provide  the  essential  technology