UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported): March 9, 2015

WINDSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

819 Buckeye Street, North Vernon, Indiana 47265

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (812) 953-1481

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On March 9, 2015, WindStream Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company’s new manufacturing plant outside Hyderabad, India is on schedule to open the first week of April 2015, and that the Company has already begun shipping complete SolarMills^® and component parts to the facility.

A copy of the press release that discusses this matter is filed as Exhibit 99.01 to, and incorporated by reference in, this report. The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.