Spire to Exhibit at Solar Power 2010 in Los Angeles

Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), an American global solar company providing capital equipment and turnkey manufacturing lines to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules and cells, today announced that its Chairman and CEO, Roger G. Little, along with Spire Solar’s Executive Vice President and General Manager, Stephen J. Hogan and Spire’s senior management team, will exhibit at Solar Power International 2010 from October 12 through 14 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California at Booth 721.

Solar Power 2010 is America’s largest business-to-business solar event and is presented by the Solar Electric Power Association as well as the Solar Energy Industries Association. For more information or to set up a meeting with a member of the Spire team, email PR@SpireCorp.com.

About Spire Corporation

Spire Corporation is an American global solar company providing capital equipment and turnkey production lines to manufacture PV cells and modules, and was selected as 2009’s Best Turnkey Company for PV Manufacturing.

Certain matters described in this press release may be forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk of dependence on market growth, competition and dependence on government agencies and other third parties for funding contract research and services, as well as other factors described in the Company's Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.