VANCOUVER, Canada , January 19, 2007, TSX Venture Exchange Trading Symbol: WGP – Western GeoPower Corp., a renewable energy company focused on geothermal energy development, welcomed today’s announcement by the Canadian Government of the ecoENERGY Renewable Initiative to provide funding incentives for renewable power.

Western GeoPower President Kenneth MacLeod said the incentive of 1 cent per kilowatt hour could help the economic viability of the Company’s South Meager Geothermal Project, located 170 kilometers north of Vancouver, British Columbia.

The incentive was announced in Victoria today by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn. Canada is targeting a potential 4,000 MW of renewable power production from eligible sources including geothermal and has allocated a budget of $1.48 billion. A ten-year incentive program will be established for eligible projects to be constructed over the next four years

“This comes at an opportune time for Western GeoPower as we are presently planning the next stage of our resource confirmation program at South Meager,” MacLeod said. The Company has confirmed temperatures up to 275°C at South Meager and will initiate production flow tests this summer on the three wells completed to date.

“While the flow tests will help to confirm the ‘technical’ feasibility of the project, we also will be conducting financial feasibility studies,” he said. “Obviously, the option of plugging a federal incentive into our financial model could assist in establishing project viability.”

Corporate Overview
Western GeoPower Corp. is a renewable energy company dedicated to the development of geothermal energy projects for the delivery of clean, baseload electricity generation. The Company is developing a 25.5 Megawatt (net) geothermal power plant at the site of the former Pacific Gas & Electric Unit 15 steam field located in The Geysers Geothermal Field in California, United States. The Company is also developing the South Meager Geothermal Project in British Columbia, Canada.

On behalf of Western GeoPower Corp.
“Kenneth MacLeod”
Kenneth MacLeod, President & CEO