EXHIBIT 99.3

                      PRESS RELEASE DATED NOVEMBER 8, 2005

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             ACTIVE POWER PROMOTES JIM CLISHEM TO PRESIDENT AND COO

Austin, Texas (November 8, 2005) -- Active Power, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACPW) today
announced that Jim Clishem, its Vice President of Marketing and Business
Development, has been named the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Clishem joined Active Power five months ago, bringing extensive expertise in
the computer, telecommunications and managed IT services industries. Clishem
came to the Company from Peregrine Systems, Inc., a publicly traded enterprise
software company, where he served as Vice President of Business Development
focusing on global alliances since 2004. From 1999 until it was sold in 2004, he
was founder-CEO of Xodiax, a profitable managed IT services business, which was
recognized by Inc Magazine as one of the fastest growing privately held
companies in the country. Clishem also served as Vice President of Data Services
for Broadwing Communications, where he had P&L responsibility for a $150 million
business unit. He has also held various senior roles at MCI, Ericsson, and
Tandem Computers.

"With the launch of our new CoolAir(TM) DC product line next week, Active Power
is significantly expanding its sales and marketing efforts to support this new
business and Jim brings a wealth of experience in these areas," said Joe
Pinkerton, Chairman and CEO of Active Power. "Jim has led sales and marketing
organizations, run profitable businesses and transformed a startup into a
profitable entity in under two years. He is intimately familiar with the backup
power needs of data center and telecom customers, having been a customer of this
equipment during his tenure at several successful telecom and managed IT
services businesses."

"I'm extremely excited about the opportunity that Joe and the Board of Directors
have given me," said Clishem. "I'm eager to begin taking a more prominent role
in the day-to-day operations of Active Power and in the strategic direction of
the business. My first priorities are to successfully manage the commercial
launch of CoolAir DC, drive revenue growth across all product lines and
accelerate the Company toward profitability."

Mr. Clishem will continue to report to Pinkerton, who remains the Company's
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.



ABOUT ACTIVE POWER:

Active Power, Inc. (www.activepower.com) designs, manufactures and markets
battery-free backup power products that provide the consistent, reliable
electric power required by today's digital economy. An ISO 9001-registered
company, Active Power is the first to commercialize a flywheel energy storage
system, CleanSource(R), that provides a highly reliable, low-cost and non-toxic
replacement for lead-acid batteries used in conventional power quality
installations. Active Power has also recently developed a new battery-free
extended runtime product line (CoolAir(TM)) based on its proprietary thermal and
compressed air storage technology. For more information visit
www.activepower.com, e-mail info@activepower.com or call toll free 877-BUYACPW
(289-2279).

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:

This release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Any forward looking statements and all other statements that may
be made in this news release that are not historical facts are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially.
Specific risks include delays in new product development, product performance
and quality issues and the acceptance of our current and new products by the
power quality market. Please refer to Active Power filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for more information on the risk factors that could
cause actual results to differ.

Active Power, CleanSource and our Active Power logo are registered trademarks of
Active Power, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective
companies.

ACTIVE POWER CONTACTS:

Michael Chibib, Investors, 512.744.9453, mchibib@activepower.com
Derek Jones, Corporate Communications, 512.744.9210, djones@activepower.com