Philip Adams to discuss World Energy's perspective on the state of the US voluntary carbon market

Worcester, MA, February 5, 2008:  World Energy Solutions, Inc. (TSX: XWE), the operator of leading online exchanges for energy and environmental commodities, today announced President and Chief Operating Officer Phil Adams will be speaking at today's Voluntary Carbon Markets Conference in New York City. As the premier US event exclusively focused on voluntary carbon markets, Adams will join other industry experts during the keynote panel to discuss the state of the market, why it has developed and how it may progress in the months ahead.

The voluntary carbon market plays an important role for companies and individuals who are trying to reduce the impact of their carbon footprint now. As part of the Green Power Conferences series, attendees at the Voluntary Carbon Markets Conference will learn from practical case studies from leading organizations involved in voluntary offsetting and understand how to prepare their business for climate regulation.

For more information, please visit World Energy's Green Blog:  http://green.blog.worldenergy.com/

World Energy operates leading online exchanges for energy and environmental commodities. Our proven approach provides market intelligence, promotes liquidity, and creates price transparency for all market participants, enabling our customers to transact with confidence and to seek the best possible price. To date, the company has transacted over 40 billion kwh of electricity, 700 million kwh of green power and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and one trillion cubic feet of natural gas. For more information, please visit www.worldenergy.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our revenue is dependent on actual future energy purchases pursuant to completed procurements; the demand for our services is affected by changes in regulated prices or cyclicality or volatility in competitive market prices for energy; we depend on a small number of key energy consumers, suppliers and channel partners; there are factors outside our control that affect transaction volume in the electricity market; and there are other factors identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SOURCE: World Energy Solutions, Inc.