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                                                                                                                      EXHIBIT 4.2

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               NUMBER                             (SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR LEGEND)                                         SHARES

         ______C

                                             TREMISIS ENERGY ACQUISITION CORPORATION

                                        INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

                                                            COMMON STOCK


                                                                                                                 SEE REVERSE FOR
                                                                                                             CERTAIN DEFINITIONS




                  THIS CERTIFIES THAT                                                             CUSIP 894727106





                  IS THE OWNER OF



                        FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF $.0001 EACH OF THE COMMON STOCK OF

                                                 TREMISIS ENERGY ACQUISITION CORPORATION

                 transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of
                      this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the
                            Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar. Witness the seal of the Corporation
                                        and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.

                  Dated:



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         CHAIRMAN                                                                   SECRETARY
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         The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:

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         TEN COM -         as tenants in common                       UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - _____   Custodian ______
         TEN ENT -         as tenants by the entireties                                   (Cust)            (Minor)
         JT TEN -          as joint tenants with right of survivorship         under Uniform Gifts to Minors
                           and not as tenants in common                            Act ______________
                                                                                          (State)
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    Additional Abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

                     TREMISIS ENERGY ACQUISITION CORPORATION

         The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so
requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating,
optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the
Corporation and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights. This certificate and the shares represented thereby
are issued and shall be held subject to all the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation and all amendments thereto and resolutions of the Board of
Directors providing for the issue of shares of Preferred Stock (copies of which
may be obtained from the secretary of the Corporation), to all of which the
holder of this certificate by acceptance hereof assents.

         For value received, ___________________________ hereby sell, assign and
transfer unto


PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

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________________________________________________________________________________
 (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________ shares

of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint ____________________________________________
______________________________________Attorney to transfer the said stock on the
books of the within named Corporation will full power of substitution in the
premises.

Dated _________________


                               _________________________________________________
                               NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must
                                        correspond with the name as written
                                        upon the face of the certificate in
                                        every particular, without alteration or
                                        enlargement any change whatever.
Signature(s) Guaranteed:


________________________________________________________
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR
INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE
GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15).


The holder of this certificate shall be entitled to receive funds from the trust
fund only in the event of the Company's liquidation or if the holder seeks to
convert his respective shares into cash upon a business combination which he
voted against and which is actually completed by the Company. In no other
circumstances shall the holder have any right or interest of any kind in or to
the trust fund.