Exhibit 99.1

               Capstone Turbine Announces James Crouse
                 as Executive Vice President of Sales


    CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2007--Capstone
Turbine Corporation (www.microturbine.com) (NASDAQ:CPST), the world's
leading manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced
that it has named James D. Crouse to the position of Executive Vice
President of Sales effective February 5, 2007. In view of this
addition, John Fink who was previously relocated to Capstone's New
York office will now focus on sales in the Eastern region of the
United States as well as overseeing sales to the U.S. Government.

    "Jim will be a valuable addition to Capstone and I consider him
one of the best business development, sales and marketing
professionals I have met," said Darren Jamison, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Capstone. "Jim will be able to contribute
immediately to enhancing relationships with our current customer base
as well as identifying and developing new markets and sales
opportunities for our products and services on a global basis."

    Prior to joining Capstone, Mr. Crouse spent more than 20 years
developing distributed generation projects for customers with Stewart
& Stevenson, Crown Engineering & Construction and other companies. Mr.
Crouse was General Manager, Gas Engine Group for Valley Power Systems,
the GE Jenbacher distributor and most recently President of Navitas
Consulting where he specialized in assisting client companies with
growing their businesses. Mr. Crouse has extensive experience with
large installations of gas and diesel engines and has worked with
clients and manufacturers in North America, Europe, South America,
China and Canada.

    In addition to the other terms of his employment with Capstone
Turbine Corporation, Mr. Crouse will receive a 10 year stock option
grant to purchase 850,000 shares of the common stock of the Company.
Conditioned on continued employment, the right to exercise the option
will become 25% vested after one year and, thereafter, will become
vested pro rata each month over the next 36 months. The exercise price
for options granted to Mr. Crouse will be the fair market value of
Capstone's common stock on the date of the grant, which is expected to
be the price per share on the close of market on February 5, 2007, the
date of commencement of his employment. In addition, Mr. Crouse will
receive a restricted stock unit grant of 200,000 shares of the
Company's common stock that will become 25% vested after each year of
service over four years.

    About Capstone Turbine

    Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.microturbine.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 thousands of Capstone
MicroTurbine(TM) 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 9001:2000 certified company, Capstone Turbine is headquartered in
the Los Angeles area with sales and/or service centers in New York,
Mexico City, Milan, Nottingham, Shanghai and Tokyo.

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

    This press release contains "forward-looking statements," as that
term is used in the federal securities laws, about the new Executive
Vice President of Sales' ability to enhance customer relationships and
to identify and develop new markets and sales opportunities.
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.


    CONTACT: Capstone Turbine Corporation
             Alice Barsoomian, 818-407-3628