BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets:AEHI) (www.aehipower.com) today provided a business update in conjunction with the recent filing of the company's quarterly10-Q report.

Some of the business updates include:

• A final rezone approval in Payette County, Idaho for a proposed nuclear power plant. The site was changed from agricultural to industrial specifically for a nuclear power plant.
• A contract signed with ENERCON, one of the country's premiere nuclear engineering firms, to process AEHI's Combined Construction and Operating License Application (COLA) with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
• Energy Neutral sold three homes and another home is currently under contract for sale.
• Green World Water traveled to Algeria to meet with the Minister of Water and the Minister of Finance and Industry as part of the US-Algeria Business Council regarding a desalinization reactor. The AEHI subsidiary then followed up with a visit to Washington, D.C. to discuss potential desal-reactor development in Algeria, along with representatives from Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

"We are moving forward and I would like to think we are proving that point with every benchmark we surpass. We have set a variety of goals for ourselves and those goals include increasing AEHI's visibility on a world-wide basis, which I believe will play a tremendous role in our future success," said Don Gillispie, AEHI CEO.

About Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. (http://www.aehipower.com) -- Alternate Energy Holdings develops and markets innovative carbon-free energy sources. The company is the nation's only independent nuclear power plant developer seeking to build new power plants in multiple non-nuclear states; Idaho Energy Complex is the lead project. Other business units include Energy Neutral(R), which reduces energy demands for homes and businesses (http://www.energyneutralinc.com) and Green World Water(TM), which assists developing countries with nuclear reactors for production of potable water, power generation and other suitable applications (http://www.greenworld-h2o.com).

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