OTTAWA, ONTARIO / ACCESSWIRE / January 26, 2015 - Thermal Energy International Inc. ("Thermal Energy" or the "Company") (TSXV: TMG), a global provider of proprietary energy efficiency solutions to the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors, announced today that it has received a contract valued at approximately $626 thousand from a producer and marketer of several leading food brands. The contract is for the purchase and installation of one of the Company's proprietary heat recovery systems at one of the customer's facilities. The contract is expected to be fulfilled and revenue earned over the next six months.

"We continue to have success selling our products into the food and beverage sector," said William Crossland, CEO of Thermal Energy. "This is another new customer for us with potential for several sites and future cross-selling opportunities. We look forward to further developing our relationship with this customer."

The heat recovery system to be installed is designed to recover the thermal energy from the primary boiler exhaust stack and use it to heat water to be used as boiler make-up water. This is expected to reduce the customer's annual operating costs by approximately $277 thousand, resulting in a payback period of about two years.

Thermal Energy's order backlog currently stands at approximately $5.1 million of which approximately $0.5 million is related to long-term contracts and is not expected to be reflected in revenue within the next 12 months. Thermal Energy includes in "order backlog" all purchase orders received for product or services that have not yet been reflected as revenue in the Company's published financial statements.

About Thermal Energy International Inc.

Thermal Energy International Inc. is an innovative cleantech company providing proprietary and proven energy efficiency solutions to the industrial, commercial and institutional markets worldwide. We save our customers money and improve their bottom line by reducing their fuel use and cutting their carbon emissions. Our customers include a large number of Fortune 500 and other leading multinational companies across a breadth of industry sectors.

Thermal Energy's products include; GEM(R) - Steam traps and condensate return systems, FLU-ACE(R) - Direct contact condensing heat recovery, and Dry RexTM - Low temperature biomass drying systems. These award winning products are effective in a wide variety of industries and application and have an excellent track record of longevity, proven reliability and performance providing significant energy savings, reduced GHG emissions, improved water efficiency, lower maintenance costs, improved product quality and increased production efficiency. Thermal Energy is also a fully accredited professional engineering firm, and can offer advanced process and applications engineering services. Thermal Energy International Inc. has offices in Ottawa, Canada as well as Bristol, U.K., United States, Italy and China.

For more information, visit our website at www.thermalenergy.com and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/GoThermalEnergy.

William Crossland

President and CEO

Thermal Energy International Inc.

613-723-6776

bill.crossland@thermalenergy.com

Trevor Heisler

Investor Relations

Heisler Communications

416-500-8061

trevor@heislercommunications.com

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Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to, and amongst other things, based on management's expectations, estimates and projections, the anticipated effectiveness of the Company's products and services and the timing of revenues to be received by the Company. Statements relating to the expected installation and revenue recognition for projects, statements about the anticipated effectiveness and lifespan of the Company's products and statements about the expected environmental effects and cost savings associated with the Company's products are forward looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors, some of which are outside of the Company's control, could cause events and results to differ materially from those stated. Fulfilment of orders, installation of product and activation of product could all be delayed for a number of reasons, some of which are outside of the Company's control, which would result in anticipated revenues from such projects being delayed or in the most serious cases eliminated. Actions taken by the Company's customers and factors inherent in the customer's facilities but not anticipated by the Company can have a negative impact on the expected effectiveness and lifespan of the Company's products and on the expected environmental effects and cost savings expected from the Company's products. Additional heat recovery and GEM(R) steam trap projects being developed by the Company may not result in orders for the Company's products. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any such statements except as required by law.

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SOURCE: Thermal Energy International Inc.