ME2C® Environmental Announces Multi-Year Contract Extension with Major Utility Customer

Significant Contract Extension of Patented Mercury Emissions Control Services

CORSICANA, TX, March 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. (OTCQB: MEEC) ("ME₂C Environmental" or the “Company”), a leading environmental technologies firm, today announced that it has received a two-year contract extension with a large coal-fired utility located in the Midwest.

The multi-year contract extension extends a license to the Company’s patented SEA^® technologies, along with a supply of custom sorbents, valued in excess of $1 million per year.

“Forming long-term relationships with our customers is the cornerstone of our business and further reinforces the value that we provide to these utilities,” said Richard MacPherson, President and CEO of ME₂C Environmental. “We have enjoyed partnering with this customer for several years to help them significantly reduce their mercury emissions while improving the overall efficiency of their plant operations. Working with ME₂C Environmental directly not only provides our customers with a technology license for product supply, but also allows us to continue to support their operations with vital service and maintenance assistance.

“As we continue to build a recurring revenue base from our core mercury emissions capture business, we are concurrently laying the foundation for continued growth into new technologies to benefit both the power industry and the environment. We seek to be a strong business partner with each and every customer and appreciate this vote of support from this large midwestern utility. I look forward to continued operational execution in the months ahead,” concluded MacPherson.

About ME₂C^® Environmental

ME₂C Environmental (OTCQB: MEEC), is a leading environmental technologies company developing and delivering patented and proprietary solutions to the global power industry. ME₂C’s leading-edge services have been shown to achieve emissions removal at a significantly lower cost and with less operational impact than currently used methods, while maintaining and/or increasing power plant output and preserving the marketability of byproducts for beneficial use. ME₂C Environmental is a trade name of Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. For more information, please visit .

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ME₂C Environmental Contact:

Stacey Hyatt

Corporate Communications

ME₂C Environmental

Main: 614-505-6115 x-1001

Direct: 404-226-4217

Investor Relations Contact:

Greg Falesnik or Brooks Hamilton

MZ Group - MZ North America

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