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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of
  Report (Date of earliest event reported):&#160;
  April&nbsp;22, 2008</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Broadwind Energy,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On
  April&nbsp;22, 2008, Broadwind Energy,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) entered into a
  Securities Purchase Agreement with Tontine Capital Partners, L.P. (&#147;TCP&#148;),
  Tontine Partners, L.P. (&#147;TP&#148;), Tontine Overseas Fund, Ltd. (&#147;TOF&#148;) and Tontine
  25 Overseas Master Fund, L.P. (&#147;T25&#148;) (collectively, TCP, TP, TOF and T25,
  together with their affiliates, &#147;Tontine&#148;), which provides for purchases of an
  aggregate of 12,562,814 shares of Company common stock (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) by
  Tontine at a price of $7.96 per share for a total purchase price of
  approximately $100,000,000 (the &#147;April&nbsp;2008 SPA&#148;).&#160; The April&nbsp;2008 SPA provides that the
  purchases will occur in two installments.&#160;
  The closing of the first installment occurred on April&nbsp;24, 2008
  (the &#147;First Closing&#148;).&#160; At the First
  Closing, TP purchased 3,768,844 shares of Common Stock for a purchase price of
  approximately $30,000,000, TOF purchased 628,141 shares of Common Stock for a
  purchase price of approximately $5,000,000 and T25 purchased 628,141 shares of
  Common Stock for a purchase price of approximately $5,000,000, resulting in an
  aggregate purchase by TP, TOF and T25 of 5,025,126 shares of Common Stock for a
  total purchase price of approximately $40,000,000 (the &#147;Purchased Shares&#148;).&#160; Under the April&nbsp;2008 SPA, TCP has agreed
  to purchase at the closing of the second installment (the &#147;Second Closing&#148;)
  7,537,688 shares of Common Stock for a total purchase price of approximately
  $60,000,000 (the &#147;Second Closing Shares&#148;).&#160;
  In addition to customary closing conditions, TCP&#146;s obligation to
  purchase the Second Closing Shares is subject to the expiration or termination
  of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of
  1976, as amended (the &#147;HSR Act&#148;).&#160;
  The April&nbsp;2008 SPA is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 hereto.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
  Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares for general
  working capital requirements, capital expansion projects and to undertake
  certain acquisitions.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Additionally,
  at the First Closing, Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, L.P. (&#147;TMF&#148;), TP
  and TOF each converted the full original principal amount of a Senior
  Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note (each, a &#147;Note&#148;, and collectively, the
  &#147;Notes&#148;) into newly issued shares of Common Stock.&#160; Upon conversion, TMF received 601,472 shares
  of Common Stock, TP received 1,652,996 shares of Common Stock and TOF received
  1,078,864 shares of Common Stock (collectively, the &#147;Conversion Shares&#148;).&#160; Prior to the First Closing, TMF, TP and TOF
  (each, a &#147;Holder&#148;) held the Notes in the aggregate principal amount of
  approximately $25,000,000.&#160; The Notes
  were purchased from the Company on October&nbsp;19, 2007 pursuant to a
  Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company, TCP, TMF, TP, TOF and T25,
  dated August&nbsp;22, 2007 (the &#147;August&nbsp;2007 SPA&#148;).&#160; The Notes are filed as an exhibit to the
  Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed October&nbsp;24, 2007.&#160; On April&nbsp;15, 2008, each Holder entered
  into a First Amendment to Senior Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note with
  the Company (each, a &#147;Note Amendment&#148;), each of which nullified the ability of
  the Company to pay interest in kind and waived any past failure by the Company
  to timely pay interest under the Holder&#146;s Note.&#160;
  Under the April&nbsp;2008 SPA, the Holders and the Company agreed that,
  at the First Closing, each Holder would convert the original principal amount
  of its Note into newly issued shares of Common Stock and the Company would make
  a cash payment to each Holder for all accrued interest then outstanding on the
  Note.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Prior
  to the first closing and the conversion of the Notes, Tontine owned
  approximately 39% of the Company&#146;s issued and outstanding Common Stock, the
  majority of which was issued pursuant to private agreements between the Company
  and Tontine entered into on March&nbsp;1, 2007 (the &#147;March&nbsp;2007 SPA&#148;) and January&nbsp;3,
  2008 (the &#147;January&nbsp;2008 SPA&#148;) and the August 2007 SPA, the terms of which
  are described in the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed March&nbsp;5,
  2007, January 4, 2008 and August&nbsp;24, 2007, respectively.&#160; Tontine has also purchased shares of Common Stock
  in private transactions with certain officers and directors of the Company and
  their family members.&#160; In connection with
  the March&nbsp;2007 SPA, the August&nbsp;2007 SPA and the January&nbsp;2008
  SPA, the Company agreed that for so long as Tontine holds at least 10% of the
  then issued and outstanding Common Stock, Tontine shall have the right to have
  a representative attend meetings of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors as an
  observer, and that for so long as Tontine holds at </font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">least
  20% of the then issued and outstanding Common Stock, Tontine shall have the
  right to appoint three members of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors.&#160; In addition, the Company has approved the
  acquisition of its Common Stock by Tontine such that Tontine will not be
  subject to certain restrictions set forth in the Nevada Revised Statutes.&#160; The Company has agreed that it will not
  revoke such approval and that it will use its best efforts to ensure that any
  future acquisitions by Tontine shall not be subject to anti-takeover provisions
  included in any of the Company&#146;s organizational documents or the laws and
  regulations of any governmental authority.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
  to a Registration Rights Agreement entered into with the March&nbsp;2007 SPA
  and amended in connection with the August&nbsp;2007 SPA, Tontine has demand and
  piggyback registration rights for all its shares of Company Common Stock,
  including the shares that the Company anticipates issuing in connection with
  the Second Closing.&#160;&#160; The Registration
  Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Company&#146;s Current Report
  on Form&nbsp;8-K filed March&nbsp;5, 2007, and the Amendment to the
  Registration Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.6 to the Company&#146;s
  Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed October&nbsp;24, 2007.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Also
  on April&nbsp;22, 2008, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase
  Agreement with Charles H. Beynon (&#147;Beynon&#148;), which provides for the purchase of
  an aggregate of 62,814 shares of Common Stock (the &#147;Beynon Shares&#148;) by Beynon
  at a price of $7.96 per share for a total purchase price of approximately
  $500,000 (the &#147;Beynon SPA&#148;).&#160; The closing
  occurred on April&nbsp;24, 2008.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
  Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Beynon Shares for general
  working capital requirements, capital expansion projects and to undertake
  certain acquisitions.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
  to a Registration Rights Agreement entered in connection into with the Beynon
  SPA (the &#147;Beynon Registration Rights Agreement&#148;), Beynon has piggyback
  registration rights for the Beynon Shares.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
  foregoing summaries of Tontine&#146;s equity investment and the private placement to
  Beynon do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by
  reference to the April&nbsp;2008 SPA, the Beynon SPA and the Beynon
  Registration Rights Agreement, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits&nbsp;10.1,
  10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
  Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares and the Beynon shares were issued in
  reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section&nbsp;4(2)&nbsp;of
  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, since the issuances did not involve a
  public offering, the recipients took the shares for investment and not resale
  and the Company took appropriate measures to restrict transfer.&#160; The Company did not pay underwriter discounts
  or commissions in connection with either transaction.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Other
  Events</font></b></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On April&nbsp;15, 2008, the Company issued a press
  release announcing the Tower Tech Systems Inc. subsidiary&#146;s entry into a
  framework agreement with Towers and Metallic Structures, a subsidiary of Gamesa
  Technology Corporation,&nbsp;Inc., to supply wind turbine towers for North
  American projects.&#160; A copy of this press
  release is furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On April&nbsp;18, 2008, the Company issued a press
  release announcing the Brad Foote Gear Works,&nbsp;Inc. subsidiary&#146;s entry into
  a long-term supply agreement with GE Transportation.&#160; A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.2.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On April&nbsp;25, 2008, the Company issued a press
  release announcing the April&nbsp;2008 SPA described in this Current
  Report.&#160; A copy of this press release is
  furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.3.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item&nbsp;9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Financial
  Statements and Exhibits.</font></b></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.68%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.42%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="87%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:87.32%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibits:</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.68%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.42%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="87%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:87.32%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.68%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.1</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.42%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="87%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:87.32%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities
    Purchase Agreement dated April&nbsp;22, 2008 among Broadwind
    Energy,&nbsp;Inc., Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., Tontine Partners, L.P.,
    Tontine Overseas Fund, Ltd., and Tontine 25 Overseas Master Fund, L.P.</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.68%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.2</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.42%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="87%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:87.32%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities
    Purchase Agreement dated April&nbsp;22, 2008 between Broadwind
    Energy,&nbsp;Inc. and Charles H. Beynon.</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.68%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.3</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.42%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="87%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:87.32%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration
    Rights Agreement dated April&nbsp;24, 2008 between Broadwind
    Energy,&nbsp;Inc. and Charles H. Beynon.</font></p>
    </td>
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    <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.68%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.42%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="87%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:87.32%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press
    Release dated April&nbsp;15, 2008 announcing Tower Tech System Inc.&#146;s entry into
    a framework agreement with a subsidiary of Gamesa Technology
    Corporation,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.68%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.2</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.42%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="87%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:87.32%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press
    Release dated April&nbsp;18, 2008 announcing Brad Foote Gear
    Works,&nbsp;Inc.&#146;s entry into a long-term supply agreement with GE
    Transportation.</font></p>
    </td>
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    <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.34%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.68%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.3</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.42%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="87%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:87.32%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press
    Release dated April&nbsp;25, 2008 announcing the April 2008 SPA.</font></p>
    </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">SIGNATURE</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:&#160; April&nbsp;28, 2008</font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">BROADWIND ENERGY, INC.</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="50%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Steven A. Huntington</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="50%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steven A. Huntington</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief
    Financial Officer</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT
  INDEX</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Broadwind Energy,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;8-K Current Report</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Number</font></b></p>
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    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.14%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.1</font></p>
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    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.64%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities
    Purchase Agreement dated April&nbsp;22, 2008 among Broadwind
    Energy,&nbsp;Inc., Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., Tontine Partners, L.P.,
    Tontine Overseas Fund, Ltd., and Tontine 25 Overseas Master Fund, L.P.</font></p>
    </td>
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    <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.14%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.2</font></p>
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    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.64%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities
    Purchase Agreement dated April&nbsp;22, 2008 between Broadwind
    Energy,&nbsp;Inc. and Charles H. Beynon.</font></p>
    </td>
   </tr>
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    <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.14%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.3</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.64%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration
    Rights Agreement dated April&nbsp;24, 2008 between Broadwind
    Energy,&nbsp;Inc. and Charles H. Beynon.</font></p>
    </td>
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    <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.14%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.64%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press
    Release dated April&nbsp;15, 2008 announcing Tower Tech System Inc.&#146;s entry
    into a framework agreement with a subsidiary of Gamesa Technology
    Corporation,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
    </td>
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    <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.14%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.2</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.64%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press
    Release dated April&nbsp;18, 2008 announcing Brad Foote Gear
    Works,&nbsp;Inc.&#146;s entry into a long-term supply agreement with GE
    Transportation.</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.3</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press
    Release dated April&nbsp;25, 2008 announcing the April 2008 SPA.</font></p>
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text: UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
  COMMISSION
  Washington,
  D.C.  20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
  the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  Date of
  Report (Date of earliest event reported): 
  April 22, 2008
  Broadwind Energy, Inc.
  (Exact
  name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  Nevada
  (State
  or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  0-31313
  88-0409160
  (Commission
    File Number)
  (IRS
    Employer
  Identification
    No.)
  47 East
  Chicago Avenue, Suite 332
  Naperville,
  Illinois 60540
  (Address
  of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
  (630)
  637-0315
  (Registrant's
  telephone number, including area code)
  (Former
  Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  Check the appropriate box
  below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
  obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
  ¨
  Written
  communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)
  ¨
  Soliciting
  material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)
  ¨
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  ¨
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-14(c) under the
  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item
  3.02               Unregistered Sale of
  Equity Securities
  On
  April 22, 2008, Broadwind Energy, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a
  Securities Purchase Agreement with Tontine Capital Partners, L.P. ("TCP"),
  Tontine Partners, L.P. ("TP"), Tontine Overseas Fund, Ltd. ("TOF") and Tontine
  25 Overseas Master Fund, L.P. ("T25") (collectively, TCP, TP, TOF and T25,
  together with their affiliates, "Tontine"), which provides for purchases of an
  aggregate of 12,562,814 shares of Company common stock ("Common Stock") by
  Tontine at a price of $7.96 per share for a total purchase price of
  approximately $100,000,000 (the "April 2008 SPA").  The April 2008 SPA provides that the
  purchases will occur in two installments. 
  The closing of the first installment occurred on April 24, 2008
  (the "First Closing").  At the First
  Closing, TP purchased 3,768,844 shares of Common Stock for a purchase price of
  approximately $30,000,000, TOF purchased 628,141 shares of Common Stock for a
  purchase price of approximately $5,000,000 and T25 purchased 628,141 shares of
  Common Stock for a purchase price of approximately $5,000,000, resulting in an
  aggregate purchase by TP, TOF and T25 of 5,025,126 shares of Common Stock for a
  total purchase price of approximately $40,000,000 (the "Purchased Shares").  Under the April 2008 SPA, TCP has agreed
  to purchase at the closing of the second installment (the "Second Closing")
  7,537,688 shares of Common Stock for a total purchase price of approximately
  $60,000,000 (the "Second Closing Shares"). 
  In addition to customary closing conditions, TCP's obligation to
  purchase the Second Closing Shares is subject to the expiration or termination
  of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of
  1976, as amended (the "HSR Act"). 
  The April 2008 SPA is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.
  The
  Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Purchased Shares for general
  working capital requirements, capital expansion projects and to undertake
  certain acquisitions.
  Additionally,
  at the First Closing, Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, L.P. ("TMF"), TP
  and TOF each converted the full original principal amount of a Senior
  Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note (each, a "Note", and collectively, the
  "Notes") into newly issued shares of Common Stock.  Upon conversion, TMF received 601,472 shares
  of Common Stock, TP received 1,652,996 shares of Common Stock and TOF received
  1,078,864 shares of Common Stock (collectively, the "Conversion Shares").  Prior to the First Closing, TMF, TP and TOF
  (each, a "Holder") held the Notes in the aggregate principal amount of
  approximately $25,000,000.  The Notes
  were purchased from the Company on October 19, 2007 pursuant to a
  Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company, TCP, TMF, TP, TOF and T25,
  dated August 22, 2007 (the "August 2007 SPA").  The Notes are filed as an exhibit to the
  Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 24, 2007.  On April 15, 2008, each Holder entered
  into a First Amendment to Senior Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note with
  the Company (each, a "Note Amendment"), each of which nullified the ability of
  the Company to pay interest in kind and waived any past failure by the Company
  to timely pay interest under the Holder's Note. 
  Under the April 2008 SPA, the Holders and the Company agreed that,
  at the First Closing, each Holder would convert the original principal amount
  of its Note into newly issued shares of Common Stock and the Company would make
  a cash payment to each Holder for all accrued interest then outstanding on the
  Note.
  Prior
  to the first closing and the conversion of the Notes, Tontine owned
  approximately 39% of the Company's issued and outstanding Common Stock, the
  majority of which was issued pursuant to private agreements between the Company
  and Tontine entered into on March 1, 2007 (the "March 2007 SPA") and January 3,
  2008 (the "January 2008 SPA") and the August 2007 SPA, the terms of which
  are described in the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed March 5,
  2007, January 4, 2008 and August 24, 2007, respectively.  Tontine has also purchased shares of Common Stock
  in private transactions with certain officers and directors of the Company and
  their family members.  In connection with
  the March 2007 SPA, the August 2007 SPA and the January 2008
  SPA, the Company agreed that for so long as Tontine holds at least 10% of the
  then issued and outstanding Common Stock, Tontine shall have the right to have
  a representative attend meetings of the Company's Board of Directors as an
  observer, and that for so long as Tontine holds at
  2
  least
  20% of the then issued and outstanding Common Stock, Tontine shall have the
  right to appoint three members of the Company's Board of Directors.  In addition, the Company has approved the
  acquisition of its Common Stock by Tontine such that Tontine will not be
  subject to certain restrictions set forth in the Nevada Revised Statutes.  The Company has agreed that it will not
  revoke such approval and that it will use its best efforts to ensure that any
  future acquisitions by Tontine shall not be subject to anti-takeover provisions
  included in any of the Company's organizational documents or the laws and
  regulations of any governmental authority.
  Pursuant
  to a Registration Rights Agreement entered into with the March 2007 SPA
  and amended in connection with the August 2007 SPA, Tontine has demand and
  piggyback registration rights for all its shares of Company Common Stock,
  including the shares that the Company anticipates issuing in connection with
  the Second Closing.   The Registration
  Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Current Report
  on Form 8-K filed March 5, 2007, and the Amendment to the
  Registration Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's
  Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 24, 2007.
  Also
  on April 22, 2008, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase
  Agreement with Charles H. Beynon ("Beynon"), which provides for the purchase of
  an aggregate of 62,814 shares of Common Stock (the "Beynon Shares") by Beynon
  at a price of $7.96 per share for a total purchase price of approximately
  $500,000 (the "Beynon SPA").  The closing
  occurred on April 24, 2008.
  The
  Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the Beynon Shares for general
  working capital requirements, capital expansion projects and to undertake
  certain acquisitions.
  Pursuant
  to a Registration Rights Agreement entered in connection into with the Beynon
  SPA (the "Beynon Registration Rights Agreement"), Beynon has piggyback
  registration rights for the Beynon Shares.
  The
  foregoing summaries of Tontine's equity investment and the private placement to
  Beynon do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by
  reference to the April 2008 SPA, the Beynon SPA and the Beynon
  Registration Rights Agreement, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1,
  10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
  The
  Purchased Shares, the Conversion Shares and the Beynon shares were issued in
  reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of
  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, since the issuances did not involve a
  public offering, the recipients took the shares for investment and not resale
  and the Company took appropriate measures to restrict transfer.  The Company did not pay underwriter discounts
  or commissions in connection with either transaction.
  3
  Item 8.01               Other
  Events
  On April 15, 2008, the Company issued a press
  release announcing the Tower Tech Systems Inc. subsidiary's entry into a
  framework agreement with Towers and Metallic Structures, a subsidiary of Gamesa
  Technology Corporation, Inc., to supply wind turbine towers for North
  American projects.  A copy of this press
  release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.
  On April 18, 2008, the Company issued a press
  release announcing the Brad Foote Gear Works, Inc. subsidiary's entry into
  a long-term supply agreement with GE Transportation.  A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.2.
  On April 25, 2008, the Company issued a press
  release announcing the April 2008 SPA described in this Current
  Report.  A copy of this press release is
  furnished as Exhibit 99.3.
  Item 9.01               Financial
  Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)
  Exhibits:
  10.1
  Securities
    Purchase Agreement dated April 22, 2008 among Broadwind
    Energy, Inc., Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., Tontine Partners, L.P.,
    Tontine Overseas Fund, Ltd., and Tontine 25 Overseas Master Fund, L.P.
  10.2
  Securities
    Purchase Agreement dated April 22, 2008 between Broadwind
    Energy, Inc. and Charles H. Beynon.
  10.3
  Registration
    Rights Agreement dated April 24, 2008 between Broadwind
    Energy, Inc. and Charles H. Beynon.
  99.1
  Press
    Release dated April 15, 2008 announcing Tower Tech System Inc.'s entry into
    a framework agreement with a subsidiary of Gamesa Technology
    Corporation, Inc.
  99.2
  Press
    Release dated April 18, 2008 announcing Brad Foote Gear
    Works, Inc.'s entry into a long-term supply agreement with GE
    Transportation.
  99.3
  Press
    Release dated April 25, 2008 announcing the April 2008 SPA.
  4
  SIGNATURE
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
  behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  Date:  April 28, 2008
  BROADWIND ENERGY, INC.
  /s/ Steven A. Huntington
  Steven A. Huntington
  Chief
    Financial Officer
  5
  EXHIBIT
  INDEX
  Broadwind Energy, Inc.
  Form 8-K Current Report
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  10.1
  Securities
    Purchase Agreement dated April 22, 2008 among Broadwind
    Energy, Inc., Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., Tontine Partners, L.P.,
    Tontine Overseas Fund, Ltd., and Tontine 25 Overseas Master Fund, L.P.
  10.2
  Securities
    Purchase Agreement dated April 22, 2008 between Broadwind
    Energy, Inc. and Charles H. Beynon.
  10.3
  Registration
    Rights Agreement dated April 24, 2008 between Broadwind
    Energy, Inc. and Charles H. Beynon.
  99.1
  Press
    Release dated April 15, 2008 announcing Tower Tech System Inc.'s entry
    into a framework agreement with a subsidiary of Gamesa Technology
    Corporation, Inc.
  99.2
  Press
    Release dated April 18, 2008 announcing Brad Foote Gear
    Works, Inc.'s entry into a long-term supply agreement with GE
    Transportation.
  99.3
  Press
    Release dated April 25, 2008 announcing the April 2008 SPA.
  6