Chinese wind turbine company A-Power Energy Generation Systems (NASDAQ: APWR - News) soared higher on Tuesday after announcing plans for an American expansion.

A-Power announced late yesterday evening that it signed a cooperation agreement with U.S. Renewable Energy Group (US-REG) to construct a production facility in the United States. Products build on U.S. turf will be used to capture market share in North and South America. A-Power director and COO John Lin said, "A-Power sees great opportunities in renewable energy in America and this state-of-the-art facility will be our first major step towards bringing clean, renewable energy to the world's largest wind power country." In October the company was the designated turbine supplier for a $1.5 billion, 600MW Texas wind farm.

As of this writing, the the Wind Energy Stocks Index is ahead fractionally on the day. It is currently lagging the S&P 500 by -2% over the last month.

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC - News) is slipping by less than -1% today after announcing a $10 million follow-on order from China's CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute. CSR-ZELRI will purchase electrical components for use in wind turbines made by AMSC subsidiary AMSC Windtec.

Broadwind Energy (NASDAQ: BWEN - News) and A-Power are the sector's top performers over the last five sessions, both up by more than 15%. Meanwhile, multi-billion dollar players Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR - News) and Owens Corning (NYSE: OC - News) are among laggards, down by -2% and -1% respectively for the period.

T. Boone Pickens still didn't hold any U.S.-listed wind energy stocks among his BP Capital Management hedge fund's top-15 U.S.-listed equity positions at the end of Q3. The billionaire oil tycoon turned wind energy proponent decided to add new stakes in domestic oil and gas companies Hess (NYSE: HES - News), SandRidge Energy (NYSE: SD - News), and McMoRan Exploration (NYSE: MMP - News) in lieu of alternative energy plays.

As of this writing, the Wind Energy Stocks Index is one of the top-65 performing tickerspy Indexes over the last week, up by 3%.

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