Western Wind is Pleased With Independent Chair

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, September 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

TSX.V Symbol: "WND"

OTCQX Symbol: "WNDEF"

Issued and Outstanding: 68,427,401

Western Wind Energy Corp. - (the "Company" or "Western Wind") (TSX Venture Exchange - "WND") (OTCQX - "WNDEF") announces that the British Columbia Supreme Court has appointed an independent chair of the Company's upcoming meeting of shareholders to be held on September 25, 2012.

We welcome the appointment of an independent Chairperson of the meeting as we are committed to an open and fair meeting.

Commenting on the decision by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in respect of Western Wind's motion for a temporary restraining order based on alleged trademark infringement by Savitr, we are pleased that the Court noted the fact that Savitr has stopped using the trademark, and has sent a letter to all shareholders explaining that Savitr's proxy materials were not properly endorsed by Western Wind. It is unfortunate that we had to go to Court to have Savitr stop using the Company's registered logo and trademark on the Savitr proxy. Savitr only stopped this act because Savitr told the Court that they had stopped doing so, making our requested remedy moot in both BC and Canada.

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.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

"SIGNED"

Jeffrey J. Ciachurski
President & Chief Executive Officer

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.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This news release contains certain statements that may be considered "forward-looking statements", such as references to the intended sale of Western Wind and its assets. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may", "could" or "should" occur. Although Western Wind believes the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those contained in forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of Western Wind's management on the date the statements are made. Western Wind undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change, except as required by law.

For further information:

Investor Relations Contact:
Lawrence Casse
AlphaEdge
Tel: +1(416)992-7227
e-mail: alphaedgeinc@gmail.com