HomelandDefenseStocks.com Reports: “Solar Technology, the Bright Spot in Homeland Security”.

POINT ROBERTS, Wash.; April 4th, 2005 – www.HomelandDefenseStocks.com (HDS), an investor news portal for the homeland defense and security sector is pleased to feature an exclusive article on the convergence of renewable energy and Homeland Security, "Solar Technology, the Bright Spot in Homeland Security". Homeland Security and the Department of Defense continue to drive the renewable energy market forward in its pursuit of National Security.

The HDS website does not make recommendations, but offers a unique free information portal to investors to research news, articles, interviews and a growing list of participating public companies in the sector.

Article Excerpt: Solar Technology, the Bright Spot in Homeland Security

By Ann-Marie Fleming, HomelandDefenseStocks.com, RenewableEnergyStocks.com
April 2005

As Homeland Security initiatives focus on protecting the current energy infrastructure and establishing energy independence, attention on renewable energy sources has heightened. With approximately 60% of the oil utilized in the U.S. being imported, often from countries openly hostile to the United States, seeking alternative energy sources has become an issue of National Security.

Within the United States alone, the renewable energy industry has received approximately $14 billion over the past 30 years to help fund its research and development. Over this time, companies have matured, developing products with increased efficiency, cost effectiveness and marketability. The industry’s growth is receiving a significant boost by Homeland Security and the Department of Defense as it focuses on the pursuit of alternative energy sources as a means of securing the nation. As discussed by Dr. Jeff Leonard, President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Environment Fund, "The infiltration of interest from the Defense Department establishment in solar energy resources has begun to drive a huge amount of new funding." Ten years ago the Department of Energy and NASA were among the biggest supporters in the United States governmental structure of solar technology and today the Department of Defense’s expenditures for solar technology far exceeds all others.

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Companies in our Article:

About Daystar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSTI): Daystar Technologies, Inc. produces Photovoltaic Foil™, a silicon free Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) solar cell deposited on special metal foil backing with a variety of thicknesses dictated by specific applications. Through the development of silicon free products, Daystar has eliminated the high costs, supply and complex issues associated with this material. The Company’s LightFoil™ product is a high performance CIGS solar cell utilizing next generation solar technology backed onto Titanium foil less than the thickness of common household aluminum foil, and was specifically developed for Homeland Security applications where light weight, flexibility and high power are required. Homeland Security solutions that benefit from LightFoil’s unique features include Atmospheric and Stratospheric airships, immediate electricity for first responders working when utility grid power is not operating and for non-grid power for remote sensors, surveillance devices and other security apparatus.

About Evergreen Solar, Inc.: Evergreen Solar, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets solar power products using the Company's proprietary manufacturing technologies. The products aim to provide reliable and environmentally clean electric power in global markets. Solar power applications include complete power systems for electric utility customers choosing to generate their own environmentally benign power, as well as wireless power for remote homes, water pumping, lighting and rural electrification.

About Essex Corporation (NASDAQ: KEYW): Essex Corporation provides advanced optoelectronic and signal processing services and products for United States Government intelligence and defense customers and communications customers with which it has established and maintained long-standing relationships. The Company provides advanced optical and optoelectronics, which involve both optical and electronic parts, signal processing services and products within the four business areas: Communications and Networks, Radar Analysis, Three-Dimensional (3-D) Imaging and Critical Information Technology Infrastructure. Essex provides optoelectronic and signal processing services to classified United States Government customers under next-generation research and development contracts. It supports the intelligence community's mission-critical voice and video systems infrastructure and provides systems engineering services to highly classified United States Government customers.

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Additional Recently Launched HDS Homeland Security Web Sites:
www.NationalHomelandSecurityKnowledgebase.com
www.BorderAndPortSecurity.com
www.NonlethalStocks.com
www.BiodefenseStocks.com
www.RFIDInvesting.com

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