Entech Solar - Quercus Trust - Cancel Warrants, read more....

Fort Worth, TX – February 13, 2009 – Entech Solar (OTC BB: ENSL.OB), a leader in concentrating solar energy systems, announced today that The Quercus Trust, the Company's largest shareholder, has agreed to cancel Warrants to purchase thirty-eight million (38,000,000) shares of the Company's common stock in accordance with the terms of a Warrant Cancellation Agreement entered into with the Company.

The Quercus Trust has decided to cancel these warrants in consideration for the Company's agreement to increase the number of shares available under the Company's 1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended ("the Plan"), from fifty million (50,000,000) shares to seventy million (70,000,000) shares. The Warrants will be canceled upon approval of the Company's stockholders of the increase in the number of shares available under the Plan.

David Gelbaum, trustee of the Quercus Trust and Chairman of Entech Solar's Board, said, "This increase to the option pool will have the benefit of increasing morale at the company and of helping us attract good people in the future. Quercus believes in sharing upside with the employees."

About Entech Solar

Entech Solar is a leading provider of concentrating solar energy systems. Entech designs, manufactures and installs systems that provide both electricity and thermal energy for commercial and industrial applications. Entech uses its proprietary concentrating photovoltaic and thermal (CPVT) technology to deliver the ThermaVolt™ system, which produces cost-competitive distributed energy. For more information, please visit www.entechsolar.com.

Chris Witty

VP, Investor Relations

Darrow Associates, Inc.

www.darrowir.com

New York, NY

646-438-9385

cwitty@darrowir.com

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