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Broadwind Energy (BWEN.OB) is being touted as the first pure play in the wind industry for US investors.

The Company’s attractive business and the explosive growth of the wind industry in the US, combined with the lack of pure wind companies in the US stock market has driven the stock from $2 at the beginning of 2007, when the company was known as Tower Tech, to $12 at the end of 2007 and lately as high as $29. Tower Tech was a manufacturer of wind turbine towers.

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  Major utilities are switching to wind power.  This is a pure play to benefit.   They manufacture towers for wind turbines.  This is a high growth company in an expanding market.  Warning, this is not a profitable company

Much attention is given to solar companies these days, amidst rapidly rising earnings and sales.<!--more--> To be sure the solar revolution is on and solar stocks are reminiscent of mid stage internet bubble fervor. But there is one tech - wind - that gets overlooked by a long shot. This is due in large part to the simple lack of wind energy technology companies that are publicly traded.