BROADWIND, INC. — Director's Dealing 2009

Jun 30, 2009

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| UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 144 NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT

TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933							OMB APPROVAL
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ATTENTION:	Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form
concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or
executing a sale directly with a market maker.
1 (a) NAME
OF ISSUER (Please type or print)		(b) IRS IDENT. NO.		(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.			WORK LOCATION
Broadwind Energy, Inc.		88-0409160
1 (d)	ADDRESS OF ISSUER	STREET	CITY		STATE	ZIP CODE	(e) TELEPHONE NO.
		47 East Chicago Avenue,
Suite 332	Naperville		Illinois	60540	AREA CODE	NUMBER
							(630)	637-0315
2 (a)	NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE
TO BE SOLD	(b)	RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER	(c)	ADDRESS STREET	CITY	STATE	ZIP CODE
Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, L.P.		10% stockholder		55 Railroad Avenue, 1st Floor		Greenwich	Connecticut	06830

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

3 (a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)
	Broker-Dealer File Number
Common Stock	Goldman Sachs, 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004	108,169(1)	$1,156,305	96,546,782	6/29/2009	NASDAQ Global Select Market

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.	(a)	Name of issuer	(a)	Title of the class of securities to be sold
	(b)	Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number	(b)	Name and address of each broker through whom the
securities are intended to be sold
	(c)	Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any	(c)	Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt
securities, give the aggregate face amount)
	(d)	Issuer’s address, including zip code	(d)	Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold
as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
	(e)	Issuer’s telephone number, including area code	(e)	Number of shares or other units of the class
outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as
shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer
			(f)	Approximate date on which the securities are to be
sold
2.	(a)	Name of person for whose account the securities are
to be sold	(g)	Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which
the securities are intended to be sold
	(b)	Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g.,
officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of
the foregoing)
	(c)	Such person’s address, including zip code

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.

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TABLE I –– SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

| Title of the Class | Date you Acquired | Nature of Acquisition Transaction | Name of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date donor acquired) | Amount of Securities Acquired | Date of Payment | Nature of Payment | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Common Stock | March 1, 2007 | Private Placement | Broadwind Energy, Inc. | 2,053,333 | March 1, 2007 | Cash |

INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

TABLE II –– SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

| Name and Address of Seller | Title of Securities Sold | Date of Sale | Amount of Securities Sold | Gross Proceeds | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | (1) | Common Stock | 6/29/09 | 915,000 | $9,781,167 |

REMARKS:

(1) Sales by Tontine Capital Partners, L.P. (“TCP”), Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, L.P. (“TMF”), Tontine Partners, L.P. (“TP”), Tontine Overseas Fund, Ltd. (“TOF”) and Tontine 25 Overseas Master Fund, L.P. (“T25”) are aggregated for determining volume limitations under Rule 144(e)(3)(vi). On June 29, 2009, TCP sold 378,256 shares of Common Stock, TMF sold 108,169 shares of Common Stock, TP sold 256,174 shares of Common Stock, TOF sold 99,341 shares of Common Stock and T25 sold 73,060 shares of Common Stock.

INSTRUCTIONS:	ATTENTION:
See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of
Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose
account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons
included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to
sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to
be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.	The person for whose account the securities to
which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this
notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to
the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be
sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a
written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1
under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the
plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such
representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.

| June 30, 2009 | /s/ Jeffrey L. Gendell, as managing member of Tontine Capital Overseas GP, L.L.C., the general partner of Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, L.P. | | --- | --- | | DATE OF NOTICE | (SIGNATURE) | | | The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures. | | DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION, IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1 | |

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

SEC 1147 (02-08)

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