Ideal Power Receives Multi-Unit Orders From Sharp

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwired) -- 09/17/14 -- Ideal Power Inc. (NASDAQ: IPWR), a developer of a disruptive power conversion technology, announced today that it received purchase orders from Sharp Electronics Corporation pursuant to the previously announced multi-year purchase agreement with Sharp. The 30kW battery converters are expected to be delivered starting in September with additional deliveries through the end of 2014. The units will be incorporated into Sharp's SmartStorage™ systems, which are being installed in commercial buildings throughout California for demand charge reduction. The Company believes that these orders reflect a growing market demand for energy storage products.

About Ideal Power Inc.
Ideal Power Inc. (NASDAQ: IPWR) has developed a novel, patented power conversion technology called Power Packet Switching Architecture™ (PPSA). PPSA improves the size, cost, efficiency, flexibility and reliability of electronic power converters. PPSA can scale across several large and growing markets, including solar photovoltaic generation, electrified vehicle charging, and commercial grid storage. Ideal Power also has a licensing-based, capital-efficient business model that can enable it to address these markets simultaneously. Ideal Power has won multiple grants for its PPSA technology, including a $2.5 million grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program, and market-leading customers are incorporating PPSA as a key component of their systems. For more information, visit www.IdealPower.com.

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