Dustin Shindo, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Hoku Scientific, said, "Our opening of the NASDAQ market recognizes our company as one of the best performing initial public offerings of 2005. We are honored by the invitation from NASDAQ, and remain focused on growing our business as a leading NASDAQ listed company."

The opening bell is provided live via satellite feed and is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. (ET) on uplink IA-5 C-band/transponder 14. The downlink frequency is 3980 horizontal; audio: 6.2/6.8. The feed can also be found on Waterfront fiber 1623. The Market Open can also be accessed via NASDAQ web cam at the following link: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm under the heading MarketSite Live Web Cam. To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on Hoku opening bell.

About Hoku Scientific, Inc.

Founded in 2001, Hoku Scientific (HOKU) develops and manufactures fuel cell membranes and membrane electrode assemblies (MEA) for stationary and automotive proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. For more information visit www.hokuscientific.com.