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Business Segments (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Operating Results for Two Business Segments | The operating results for the two business segments are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Three months ended June 30, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wind |  | $ | 14,701 |  |  | $ | 16,511 |
Grid |  |  | 8,385 |  |  |  | 12,205 |
Total |  | $ | 23,086 |  |  | $ | 28,716 |
|  | Three months ended June 30, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Operating (loss) income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wind |  | $ | (1,825 | ) |  | $ | 1,301 |
Grid |  |  | (4,869 | ) |  |  | (5,343 | )
Unallocated corporate expenses |  |  | (2,156 | ) |  |  | (2,086 | )
Total |  | $ | (8,850 | ) |  | $ | (6,128 | )
Total Business Segments Assets | Total assets for the two business segments are as follows (in thousands):
|  | June 30, 2013 |  |  | March 31, 2013 |
Wind |  | $ | 56,015 |  |  | $ | 67,111 |
Grid |  |  | 72,252 |  |  |  | 72,800 |
Corporate assets |  |  | 65,926 |  |  |  | 76,843 |
Total |  | $ | 194,193 |  |  | $ | 216,754 |
Schedule of Revenues by Major Customers | The following table sets forth customers who represented 10% or more of the Company’s total revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012:
|  | Three months ended |
|  | June 30, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Beijing JINGCHENG New Energy Co., Ltd. |  |  | 35 | % |  |  | 19 | %
INOX Wind Limited |  |  | 15 | % |  |  | 15 | %
Karara Mining Ltd |  |  | <1 | % |  |  | 15 | %

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the extent of the entity's reliance on its major customers, if revenues from transactions with a single external customer amount to 10 percent or more of entity revenues, including the disclosure of that fact, the total amount of revenues from each such customer, and the identity of the reportable segment or segments reporting the revenues. The entity need not disclose the identity of a major customer or the amount of revenues that each segment reports from that customer. For these purposes, a group of companies known to the entity to be under common control is considered a single customer, and the federal government, a state government, a local government such as a county or municipality, or a foreign government is each considered a single customer. + References No definition available. + Details
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