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Vancouver, Canada

June 2, 2010

Finavera Renewables Inc. (‘Finavera Renewables’ or the ‘Company’) (TSX-V: FVR) is pleased to announce that Ian Harvey has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr. Harvey has extensive wind industry experience in both Canada and Ireland.

Mr. Harvey is the founding shareholder and director of B9 Energy. He has negotiated numerous power purchase agreements, wind farm construction contracts, and financings for six wind farms in Ireland with a capacity of more than 60 megawatts and the 63 megawatt Kettles Hill wind farm in Alberta, Canada. B9 Energy was formed in 1992 to develop wind farms and has since diversified into Operations and Maintenance of wind farms, landfill gas, and renewable energy from organic waste. Mr. Harvey holds a Bachelor of Science (Economics) from the University of Ulster and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (FCA).

Finavera Renewables CEO Jason Bak said, “Mr. Harvey is a welcome addition to our board of directors and will bring us almost two decades of wind energy development and construction expertise. Mr. Harvey will provide a compliment to our current team as we move towards the critical milestones of securing project finance, negotiating construction contracts, and executing turbine supply agreements.”

Jason Bak, CEO, on behalf of the Board of Directors