Capstone to Present at Two Institutional Investor Conferences in New York City on September 9 and 10, 2015

Also Organizing Tour of a Microturbine Installation at a Landmark Hotel in NYC

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Aug. 31, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, will present at two investor conferences in New York City on September 9 and 10, 2015. In addition, the company is organizing, in conjunction with its local distributor RSP Systems, a tour of a microturbine installation at a local New York City landmark hotel.

On September 9, 2015 at 10:50 am ET, Darren Jamison, Capstone President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Rodman & Renshaw Global Investment Conference, and on September 10, 2015 at 9:40 am ET, he will present at the Drexel Hamilton Telecom, Media and Technology Conference.

Qualified institutional investors interested in scheduling a one-on-one meeting with management during either of the conferences are encouraged to contact the conference sponsors directly.

"As I stated at last Thursday's annual meeting of stockholders, we are increasing our investor and media outreach programs. As we look to redouble our efforts by attending additional investor conferences, conducting installation tours and non-deal roadshows, we have retained a high-caliber investor relations and public relations firm based in New York City. These two leading institutional investor conferences and tours for investors and analysts are examples of some of our outreach activities," said Mr. Jamison. "We are much more than an oil and gas story as CHP and CCHP continue to grow worldwide. We look forward to expanding awareness of our product and company strategy," added Jamison.

About Capstone Turbine Corporation

Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.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 over 8,500 Capstone Microturbine systems to customers worldwide. These award-winning systems have logged millions of 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 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certified company, Capstone is headquartered in the Los Angeles area with sales and/or service centers in the New York Metro Area, United Kingdom, Mexico City, Shanghai and Singapore.

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This press release contains "forward-looking statements," as that term is used in the federal securities laws, about expanding awareness of our product and company strategy. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "expects," "objective," "intend," "targeted," "plan" 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.

"Capstone" and "Capstone MicroTurbine" are registered trademarks of Capstone Turbine Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Capstone Turbine Corporation
         Investor and investment media inquiries:
         818-407-3628
         ir@capstoneturbine.com

         Investors:
         Dian Griesel Int'l.
         Cheryl Schneider/Tom Caden
         212-825-3210

Released August 31, 2015