BROADWIND, INC. — Director's Dealing 2010

May 17, 2010

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: BROADWIND ENERGY, INC. (BWEN)
CIK: 0001120370
Period of Report: 2010-05-17

Reporting Person: TONTINE POWER PARTNERS LP (10% Owner)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share	57319	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Jeffrey L. Gendell ("Mr. Gendell") is the managing member of: (a) Tontine Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("TM"), the general partner of Tontine Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("TP") and Tontine Power Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("TPP"); (b) Tontine Overseas Associates, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("TOA"), the investment advisor of Tontine Overseas Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company ("TOF"); and (c) Tontine Capital Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("TCM"), the general partner of Tontine 25 Overseas Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership ("T25") and of Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("TCP").

F2: Mr. Gendell is also the managing member of: (d) Tontine Capital Overseas GP, L.L.C., ("TCO"), the general partner of Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund, a Cayman Islands limited partnership ("TMF"); (e) Tontine Asset Associates, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("TAA"), the general partner of Tontine Capital Overseas Master Fund II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("TCP 2"); and (f) Tontine Associates, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("TA").

F3: On May 17, 2010, TCP, TMF, TP, TOF and T25 (the "Distributing Funds") notified investors holding ownership interests in the Distributing Funds that the Distributing Funds have elected to redeem the ownership interests in the Distributing Funds held by those investors and that the Distributing Funds will distribute shares of Common Stock (the "Distributions") to the investors on a pro rata basis in settlement of the redemption. In connection with the Distributions, the Distributing Funds are distributing to investors all of the Common Stock owned by each of the Distributing Funds. As part of the Distributions, TP is distributing 57,319 shares of Common Stock to TPP.

F4: Mr. Gendell, TCP, TCM, TMF, TCO, TP, TM, TOA, T25, TCP 2 and TAA currently are joint filing persons with respect to the Common Stock of the Issuer for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. TPP expects to join with such group for purposes of future reports filed with respect to Common Stock of the Issuer. Concurrently with the filing of this report, Mr. Gendell, TCP, TCM, TMF, TCO, TP, TM, TOA, T25, TCP 2, TAA, TPP and TA are jointly filing a Form 4 with respect to their direct and indirect beneficial ownership of Common Stock of the Issuer as of May 17, 2010.