Advanced Emissions Solutions Announces the Lease of an Additional Refined Coal Facility

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo., March 23, 2017 -- Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADES) (the "Company" or "ADES") today announced that Tinuum Group, LLC ("Tinuum Group"), a joint venture among the Company's subsidiary ADA-ES, Inc., an affiliate of NexGen Resources Corporation, and an affiliate of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., has leased an additional Refined Coal ("RC") facility to an existing RC investor.  The RC facility is located at a coal plant that has historically burned approximately 5.5 million tons of coal per year and is royalty bearing to ADES.  With this addition, Tinuum Group has 14 invested facilities in full-time operation.

L. Heath Sampson, President and CEO of ADES, commented, “As we stated on our fourth quarter’s earnings call, we have completed the lease of an RC facility to an existing investor and are pleased to see the growth in our business.  We are proud to help power utilities and investors achieve their emission reduction requirements and business goals. This closing further reflects the strength in Tinuum’s offerings and business model.  Tinuum, with support from ADES and Tinuum’s other owners, is diligently focused on securing additional tax equity investors and increasing production of lower emission coal to power our country.”

About Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc.
Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. serves as the holding entity for a family of companies that provide emissions solutions to customers in the power generation and other industries.

ADA-ES, Inc. (“ADA”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. (“ADES”) that provides emissions control solutions for coal-fired power generation and industrial boiler industries. With more than 25 years of experience developing advanced mercury control solutions, ADA delivers proprietary environmental technologies, equipment and specialty chemicals that enable coal-fueled boilers to meet emissions regulations. These solutions enhance existing air pollution control equipment, maximizing capacity and improving operating efficiencies.   Our track record includes securing more than 30 US patents for emissions control technology and systems and selling the most activated carbon injection systems for power plant mercury control in North America. For more information on ADA, and its products and services, visit www.adaes.com or the ADA Blog (http://blog.adaes.com/).

Tinuum Group, LLC is a 42.5% owned joint venture by ADA that provides ADA’s patented Refined Coal CyClean™ technology to enhance combustion of and reduce emissions of NOx and mercury from coal in cyclone boilers and ADA’s patented M-45™ and patent pending M-45-PC™ technologies for Circulating Fluidized boilers and Pulverized Coal boilers respectively. www.tinuumgroup.com

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