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Northern Power Systems Corp.

No Longer Reporting

The company has not filed an annual or quarterly report since its Q2 FY2018 10-Q, filed Aug 16, 2018. Its latest SEC filing is a REVOKED from Mar 10, 2023.

The sections below describe the company as of the FY2017 annual report.

What Did They Do?

Sells distributed wind turbines to project developers, financial investors and end users such as farms, schools and businesses. Also sells power converters and integrated energy-storage solutions for storage and microgrid projects.

How Did They Make Money?

Customers buy turbines and power converters, with delivery completing the product sale; service, design and repair work brings in revenue as it is done. Extended warranties bring in revenue over years three through five, and licensing brings in revenue once customers can use the technology.

FY2017 revenue

Who Were Their Customers?

Serves project developers and financial investors, as well as end users such as farms, schools, municipalities, businesses, remote villages and U.S. military installations.

Customers above 10% of revenue, FY2017
of revenue from one customer
FY2016: 11% from one customer

Did Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept less than a cent of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2017, but spent more cash than it brought in: free cash flow was −$4M.

Operating income, FY2017
2% of revenue
▲ Now profitable vs FY2016 (−$9M, −25%)
Net income, FY2017
0% of revenue
▲ Now profitable vs FY2016 (−$8.9M, −25%)
Free cash flow, FY2017
−10% of revenue
▲ +274% (Loss) vs FY2016 (−$1.1M, −3%)

How Were They Changing?

Since the FY2017 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2018, the three months to Jun 30, 2018
Revenue
▼ −88%
vs $17.8M in Q2 FY2017
Net income
▼ Now a loss
vs $873K in Q2 FY2017
  • Aug 27, 2019 Ceased commercial operations and sold its Italian subsidiary The sale included a license to service and maintain the Italian turbine fleet.
  • Jun 11, 2019 Interim co-CEO resigned Reinout Oussoren resigned effective immediately.
  • Apr 30, 2019 Sold the U.S. service business Erie Renewables acquired the related assets.
  • Feb 12, 2019 WEG acquired the energy storage business The sale included the project pipeline and related intellectual property.

Grew. Revenue grew 2.1x in 4 years, from $18.6M in FY2013 to $38.6M in FY2017, about 20% a year.

Utility wind licensing The older report describes licensing utility-scale turbine technology to manufacturers; the latest says those rights were transferred to WEG, shifting the focus to distributed energy.

Energy storage offerings The older report describes power converters and technology-development work; the latest adds integrated battery-storage offerings and development of project sites.

Who Did They Compete With?

Competes with GHRE, ESPE, C&F, Criel, Enerwings, EolArt, Ergo Wind, Greenstorm, Orenda, Polaris, Rago, Stoma, Svecom PE, WES, Xant, Xzeres, Dynapower, Parker, ABB, and Siemens

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