EXHIBIT 99.1



[CAPSTONE TURBINE CORPORATION LOGO]                 CAPSTONE TURBINE CORPORATION
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                                    21211 NORDHOFF STREET - CHATSWORTH, CA 91311
                                         PHONE: 818-734-5300 - FAX: 818-734-5320
                                                            WWW.MICROTURBINE.COM


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                CAPSTONE TURBINE APPOINTS ESTUS VP OF OPERATIONS

CHATSWORTH, Calif.--November 7, 2005--Capstone Turbine Corporation(R)
(www.microturbine.com; Nasdaq: CPST), the world's leading manufacturer of
microturbine energy systems, announced today that Leigh L. Estus has been
appointed as the company's Vice President of Operations effective November 7,
2005.

Estus most recently served as Director of Operations of EDO Corporation (NYSE:
EDO), a communications and countermeasure systems company. Prior to his
employment with EDO, Estus spent more than 16 years with BAE Systems, where he
held the positions of Vice President of Operations and Director of Support
Solutions. Prior to BAE Systems, Estus was employed by Whittaker Electronics
Systems and Hughes Aircraft Company.

"We are pleased to have Leigh join the Capstone Leadership Team, and I am
confident that his extensive experience will help us to continuously improve our
operations' initiatives of increased throughput, improved cycle time, and
improved product cost of our highly reliable Microturbine products," said
Capstone CEO John R. Tucker.

Estus graduated from the University of Redlands with a bachelor's degree in
business administration. He is a Six Sigma Champion and member of the American
Management Association and Manufacturers' Alliance for Productivity and
Innovation.

In conjunction with accepting employment with Capstone Turbine Corporation,
Estus will receive a 10-year stock option grant to purchase 500,000 shares of
the common stock of Capstone Turbine Corporation, 25% of which will vest after
one year, and the remaining 75% vests on a pro rata basis over the ensuing 36
months. He will receive an additional grant of 300,000 common shares after
completing twelve months of employment if he meets specific goals and
objectives. The exercise price for options granted to Estus will be the fair
market value of Capstone Turbine Corporation's common stock on the business day
prior to the applicable option grant.


ABOUT CAPSTONE TURBINE

Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.microturbine.com; Nasdaq: CPST) is the world's
leading producer of low-emission microturbine systems, and was the first to
market commercially viable microturbine energy products. Capstone Turbine has
shipped more than 3,200 Capstone MicroTurbine systems to customers worldwide.
These award-winning systems have logged more than 10 million documented runtime
operating hours. Capstone Turbine is a member of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's Combined Heat and Power Partnership, which is committed to
improving the efficiency of the nation's energy infrastructure and reducing
emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases. A UL-Certified ISO 9001:2000
certified company, Capstone Turbine is headquartered in the Los Angeles area
with sales and/or service centers in New York, Mexico City, Milan, Shanghai and
Tokyo.


This press release contains "forward-looking statements," as that term is used
in the federal securities laws, with regard to increased throughput, improved
cycle time and improved product cost. Forward-looking statements may be
identified by words such as "expects," "objective," "intend," "targeted,"
"plan," "driving to" and similar phrases. These forward-looking statements are
subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties described in Capstone's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that may cause Capstone's
actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or
implied in such statements. Capstone cautions readers not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of
this release. Capstone undertakes no obligation, and specifically disclaims any
obligation, to release any revisions to any forward-looking statements to
reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events.

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CONTACT:   Capstone Turbine Corporation
           News media inquiries:
           Keith Field, 818-407-3615
           Investor and investment media inquiries:
           Alice Barsoomian, 818-407-3628

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENERGY UTILITIES OIL/GAS MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT