Spire's CEO to Present at Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association

Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules and turnkey manufacturing lines announced its Chairman and CEO, Roger G. Little, will give a presentation entitled "Distributed Module Manufacturing in Western Australia." The presentation will be held at the Parmelia Hilton in Perth, Western Australia on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (UTC).

Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association (WA SEA) and the Australian Institute of Energy (AIE) are proud to present Mr. Roger Little. Mr. Little will cover topics such as Western Australia and world PV market growth and evolution, solar module manufacturing, and entryways into the solar PV business.

"There is an extraordinary amount of solar-related activity going on in Western Australia and there is great potential for large-scale PV projects," said Mr. Little. "With $1.6 billion of funding allocated over six years to support construction and demonstration of large-scale solar power stations in Australia, there has never been a better time to jump into the PV industry in this region."

About Spire Corporation

Spire Corporation is a global solar company providing capital equipment to manufacture PV modules, turnkey manufacturing lines and solar PV systems. Spire Semiconductor provides processing technology for Spire's silicon solar cell lines and produces gallium arsenide cells for solar concentrator systems. For corporate or product information, contact Spire Corporation at 781-275-6000, or visit www.spirecorp.com.

Certain matters described in this news release may be forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk of dependence on market growth, competition and dependence on government agencies and other third parties for funding contract research and services, as well as other factors described in the Company's Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Spire Corporation 
Roger G. Little, 781-275-6000 
Chairman & CEO

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