Western Wind announces transition of Board of Directors and Management

    Western Wind announces transition of Board of Directors and Management

PR Newswire

VANCOUVER, March 1, 2013

TSX.V Symbol: "WND"
OTCQX Symbol: "WNDEF"
Issued and Outstanding: 71,127,175

VANCOUVER, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Western Wind Energy Corp. -- (the
"Company" or "Western Wind") (TSX Venture Exchange -- "WND") (OTCQX --
"WNDEF")today announced a change in Board of Directors and Senior Management,
following the take up by Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners ("Brookfield
Renewable") representing 59% of the shares held by shareholders independent of
Brookfield Renewable pursuant to its all-cash offer to acquire all of the
common shares of Western Wind. As the controlling shareholder of Western Wind,
Brookfield Renewable has agreed with the Board of Directors to an orderly
transition to a new slate of Directors and changes in Senior Management.
Therefore, each member of the board of directors of the company has resigned
and the following nominees have been appointed.

Effective immediately the board  of directors of Western  Wind is composed  of 
the following individuals:

  * Edward C. Kress (Chairman, Independent) - Mr. Kress is a corporate
    director and is a chartered accountant. He has over 30 years of management
    experience with the Brookfield group of companies.

  * O. Allan Kupcis (Independent) - Dr. Kupcis is the Past-Chairman of the
    Canadian Nuclear Association and was President of Ontario Hydro from 1995
    to 1997 and its COO from 1993-1995.

  * Harry Goldgut - Mr. Goldgut is a Senior Managing Partner of Brookfield
    Asset Management Inc. and Chairman of its power and utilities platform.

  * Jeff Rosenthal - Mr. Rosenthal is the Chief Operating Officer of
    Brookfield Renewable.

  * Saul Shulman (Independent) - Mr. Shulman is the Chief Executive Officer of
    MLG Management Inc., a member of the Investment Committee of Tricon
    Capital Group Inc. and a director of a number of other companies.

The newly  appointed board  of  directors of  Western  Wind has  replaced  the 
existing management  of  Western Wind.  The  following individuals  have  been 
appointed as officers of Western Wind:

  * Jeff Rosenthal (Chief Executive Officer)- Mr. Rosenthal is the Chief
    Operating Officer of Brookfield Renewable. He joined Brookfield in 2007 to
    oversee the management of  transmission and distribution assets in North
    America He has a vast experience in leading the strategic initiatives that
    foster development activities, in addition to supporting mergers and
    acquisition opportunities for generation and transmission. In his roles
    within Brookfield, he has been responsible for ensuring al operations and
    development activities are conducted with the utmost importance placed and
    Health, Safety and the Environment. Previously, Mr. Rosenthal was
    President and Chief Executive Officer of Oshawa Power and Utilities. Mr.
    Rosenthal is a Professional Engineer and has a Masters of Business
    Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University. 
    He was previously Chair of the Board of the Ontario Energy Association.

  * Lee Butler (Chief Financial Officer)- Mr. Butler has been holding senior
    financial executive positions for the last 25 years. He obtained his CMA
    (Certified Management Accountants) designation in 1987 and graduated from
    the University of Ottawa with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) and a
    Bachelor in Administration.

  * Walter Di Cesare (Corporate Secretary and Vice President, Legal) - Walter
    Di Cesare has over 25 years' experience in corporate, commercial and
    governance law matters. Prior to his role as Vice President legal
    services, Mr. Di Cesare was a senior counsel for the Federal Department of
    Justice from March 2004 to March 2008 and in private practice as a
    commercial law partner with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP from 1987 until
    2004.  Mr. Di Cesare has Bachelor of Commerce degree from Carleton
    University and a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Ottawa.

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ABOUT WESTERN WIND ENERGY CORP.

Western Wind is a vertically integrated renewable energy production company
that owns and operates wind and solar generation facilities with 165 net MW of
rated capacity in production, in the States of California and Arizona. Western
Wind further owns substantial development assets for both solar and wind
energy in the U.S. The Company is headquartered in Vancouver, BC and has
branch offices in Scottsdale, Arizona and Tehachapi, California. Western Wind
trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "WND", and in the United
States on the OTCQX under the symbol "WNDEF".

The Company owns and operates three wind energy generation facilities in
California, and one fully integrated combined wind and solar energy generation
facility in Arizona. The three operating wind generation facilities in
California are comprised of the 120MW Windstar, the 4.5MW Windridge facilities
in Tehachapi, and the 30MW Mesa wind generation facility near Palm Springs.
The facility in Arizona is the Company's 10.5MW Kingman integrated solar and
wind facility. The Company is further developing wind and solar energy
projects in California, Arizona, and Puerto Rico.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that
term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

SOURCE Western Wind Energy

Contact:

Jeff Rosenthal 
Chief Executive Officer
jeff.rosenthal@brookfield.renewable.com
Tel: 604.685.9463

Western Wind Investor Relations Contact: 
Vanessa Pilotte
Investor Relations
E-mail: vanessa.pilotte@brookfieldrenewable.com
Tel: 877-470-3601