KENETECH CORP
SC 13D/A, 1996-09-26
COGENERATION SERVICES & SMALL POWER PRODUCERS
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No. 1)(1)

                              Kenetech Corporation
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                (Name of issuer)

                        8.25% Convertible Preferred Stock
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        (Title of class of securities)

                                    488878307
         ------------------------------------------------------------
                                 (CUSIP number)

                             Wendy Schnipper Clayton
                           DDJ Capital Management, LLC
                           141 Linden Street, Suite 4
                               Wellesley, MA 02181
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive
                           notices and communications)

                               September 17, 1996
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             (Date of event which requires filing of this statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box [ ].

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement. [ ] (A fee is
not required only if the reporting person: (1) has a previous statement on file
reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)

Note:  Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed
with the Commission.  See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies are to
be sent.

                         (Continued on following pages)

                              (Page 1 of 13 Pages)


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     [1] The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

     The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).

<PAGE>
                              SCHEDULE 13D
|-----------------------|                         |--------------------------|
|CUSIP Nos. 488878307   |                         |     Page 2 of 13 Pages   |
|-----------------------|                         |--------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    1    |  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                        |
|         |  S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON               |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |  DDJ Capital Management, LLC                                     |
|         |  04-3300754                                                      |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    2    |  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*        (a) [X]|
|         |                                             SEE ITEM #5   (b) [ ]|
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    3    |  SEC USE ONLY                                                    |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    4    |  SOURCE OF FUNDS*                                                |
|         |        WC                                                        |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    5    |  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED        |
|         |  PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                              [ ] |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    6    |  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                            |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS                             |
|         |                                                                  |
|----------------|-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                |     |                                                     |
|   NUMBER OF    |  7  |   SOLE VOTING POWER                                 |
|                |     |                                                     |
|     SHARES     |     |   324,000                                           |
|                |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|  BENEFICIALLY  |     |                                                     |
|                |  8  |   SHARED VOTING POWER                               |
| OWNED BY EACH  |     |                                                     |
|                |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|   REPORTING    |     |                                                     |
|                |  9  |   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                            |
|     PERSON     |     |                                                     |
|                |     |   324,000                                           |
|      WITH      |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                |     |                                                     |
|                |  10 |   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                          |
|                |     |                                                     |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   11    |  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON    |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        324,000                                                   |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   12    |  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                   |
|         |  EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                                    [ ] |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   13    |  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)              |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        6.32%                                                     |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   14    |  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *                                      |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        00                                                        |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

<PAGE>
                              SCHEDULE 13D
|-----------------------|                         |--------------------------|
|CUSIP Nos. 488878307   |                         |    Page 3 of 13 Pages    |
|-----------------------|                         |--------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    1    |  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                        |
|         |  S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON               |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |  DDJ Overseas Corp.                                              |
|         |  98-0151108                                                      |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    2    |  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*        (a) [X]|
|         |                                             SEE ITEM #5   (b) [ ]|
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    3    |  SEC USE ONLY                                                    |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    4    |  SOURCE OF FUNDS*                                                |
|         |        WC                                                        |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    5    |  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED        |
|         |  PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                              [ ] |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    6    |  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                            |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        CAYMAN ISLANDS                                            |
|         |                                                                  |
|----------------|-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                |     |                                                     |
|   NUMBER OF    |  7  |   SOLE VOTING POWER                                 |
|                |     |                                                     |
|     SHARES     |     |   299,250                                           |
|                |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|  BENEFICIALLY  |     |                                                     |
|                |  8  |   SHARED VOTING POWER                               |
| OWNED BY EACH  |     |                                                     |
|                |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|   REPORTING    |     |                                                     |
|                |  9  |   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                            |
|     PERSON     |     |                                                     |
|                |     |   299,250                                           |
|      WITH      |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                |     |                                                     |
|                |  10 |   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                          |
|                |     |                                                     |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   11    |  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON    |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        299,250                                                   |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   12    |  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                   |
|         |  EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                                    [ ] |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   13    |  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)              |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        5.84%                                                     |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   14    |  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *                                      |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        CO                                                        |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

<PAGE>
                              SCHEDULE 13D
|-----------------------|                         |--------------------------|
|CUSIP Nos. 488878307   |                         |    Page 4 of 13 Pages    |
|-----------------------|                         |--------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    1    |  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                        |
|         |  S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON               |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |  DDJ Galileo, LLC                                                |
|         |  04-3304422                                                      |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    2    |  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*        (a) [X]|
|         |                                             SEE ITEM #5   (b) [ ]|
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    3    |  SEC USE ONLY                                                    |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    4    |  SOURCE OF FUNDS*                                                |
|         |        WC                                                        |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    5    |  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED        |
|         |  PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                              [ ] |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    6    |  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                            |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS                             |
|         |                                                                  |
|----------------|-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                |     |                                                     |
|   NUMBER OF    |  7  |   SOLE VOTING POWER                                 |
|                |     |                                                     |
|     SHARES     |     |    299,250                                          |
|                |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|  BENEFICIALLY  |     |                                                     |
|                |  8  |   SHARED VOTING POWER                               |
| OWNED BY EACH  |     |                                                     |
|                |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|   REPORTING    |     |                                                     |
|                |  9  |   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                            |
|     PERSON     |     |                                                     |
|                |     |    299,250                                          |
|      WITH      |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                |     |                                                     |
|                |  10 |   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                          |
|                |     |                                                     |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   11    |  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON    |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |         299,250                                                  |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   12    |  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                   |
|         |  EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                                    [ ] |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   13    |  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)              |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        5.84%                                                     |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   14    |  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *                                      |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        00                                                        |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

<PAGE>

                              SCHEDULE 13D
|-----------------------|                         |--------------------------|
|CUSIP Nos. 488878307   |                         |     Page 5 of 13 Pages   |
|-----------------------|                         |--------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    1    |  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                        |
|         |  S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON               |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |  DDJ Galileo Management, LLC                                     |
|         |  04-3304416                                                      |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    2    |  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*        (a) [X]|
|         |                                             SEE ITEM #5   (b) [ ]|
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    3    |  SEC USE ONLY                                                    |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    4    |  SOURCE OF FUNDS*                                                |
|         |        WC                                                        |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    5    |  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED        |
|         |  PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                              [ ] |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    6    |  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                            |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS                             |
|         |                                                                  |
|----------------|-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                |     |                                                     |
|   NUMBER OF    |  7  |   SOLE VOTING POWER                                 |
|                |     |                                                     |
|     SHARES     |     |   299,250                                           |
|                |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|  BENEFICIALLY  |     |                                                     |
|                |  8  |   SHARED VOTING POWER                               |
| OWNED BY EACH  |     |                                                     |
|                |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|   REPORTING    |     |                                                     |
|                |  9  |   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                            |
|     PERSON     |     |                                                     |
|                |     |   299,250                                           |
|      WITH      |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                |     |                                                     |
|                |  10 |   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                          |
|                |     |                                                     |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   11    |  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON    |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        299,250                                                   |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   12    |  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                   |
|         |  EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                                    [ ] |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   13    |  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)              |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        5.84%                                                     |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   14    |  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *                                      |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        00                                                        |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

<PAGE>
                              SCHEDULE 13D
|-----------------------|                         |--------------------------|
|CUSIP Nos. 488878307   |                         |     Page 6 of 13 Pages   |
|-----------------------|                         |--------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    1    |  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                        |
|         |  S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON               |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |  The Copernicus Fund, L.P.                                       |
|         |  04-3193825                                                      |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    2    |  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*        (a) [X]|
|         |                                             SEE ITEM #5   (b) [ ]|
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    3    |  SEC USE ONLY                                                    |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    4    |  SOURCE OF FUNDS*                                                |
|         |        WC                                                        |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    5    |  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED        |
|         |  PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                              [ ] |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    6    |  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                            |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS                             |
|         |                                                                  |
|----------------|-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                |     |                                                     |
|   NUMBER OF    |  7  |   SOLE VOTING POWER                                 |
|                |     |                                                     |
|     SHARES     |     |   24,750                                            |
|                |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|  BENEFICIALLY  |     |                                                     |
|                |  8  |   SHARED VOTING POWER                               |
| OWNED BY EACH  |     |                                                     |
|                |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|   REPORTING    |     |                                                     |
|                |  9  |   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                            |
|     PERSON     |     |                                                     |
|                |     |   24,750                                            |
|      WITH      |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                |     |                                                     |
|                |  10 |   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                          |
|                |     |                                                     |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   11    |  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON    |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        24,750                                                    |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   12    |  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                   |
|         |  EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                                    [ ] |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   13    |  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)              |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        .48%                                                      |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   14    |  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *                                      |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        PN                                                        |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

<PAGE>
                              SCHEDULE 13D
|-----------------------|                         |--------------------------|
|CUSIP Nos. 488878307   |                         |     Page 7 of 13 Pages   |
|-----------------------|                         |--------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    1    |  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                        |
|         |  S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON               |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |  DDJ Copernicus, LLC                                             |
|         |  04-3304417                                                      |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    2    |  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*        (a) [X]|
|         |                                             SEE ITEM #5   (b) [ ]|
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    3    |  SEC USE ONLY                                                    |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    4    |  SOURCE OF FUNDS*                                                |
|         |        WC                                                        |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    5    |  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED        |
|         |  PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                              [ ] |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    6    |  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                            |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS                             |
|         |                                                                  |
|----------------|-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                |     |                                                     |
|   NUMBER OF    |  7  |   SOLE VOTING POWER                                 |
|                |     |                                                     |
|     SHARES     |     |    24,750                                           |
|                |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|  BENEFICIALLY  |     |                                                     |
|                |  8  |   SHARED VOTING POWER                               |
| OWNED BY EACH  |     |                                                     |
|                |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|   REPORTING    |     |                                                     |
|                |  9  |   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                            |
|     PERSON     |     |                                                     |
|                |     |    24,750                                           |
|      WITH      |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                |     |                                                     |
|                |  10 |   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                          |
|                |     |                                                     |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   11    |  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON    |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |         24,750                                                   |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   12    |  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                   |
|         |  EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                                    [ ] |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   13    |  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)              |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        .48%                                                      |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   14    |  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *                                      |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        00                                                        |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


<PAGE>
                              SCHEDULE 13D
|-----------------------|                         |--------------------------|
|CUSIP Nos. 488878307   |                         |     Page 8 of 13 Pages   |
|-----------------------|                         |--------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    1    |  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                        |
|         |  S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON               |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |  DDJ Copernicus Management, LLC                                  |
|         |  04-3304419                                                      |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    2    |  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*        (a) [X]|
|         |                                             SEE ITEM #5   (b) [ ]|
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    3    |  SEC USE ONLY                                                    |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    4    |  SOURCE OF FUNDS*                                                |
|         |        WC                                                        |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    5    |  CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED        |
|         |  PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                              [ ] |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|    6    |  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                            |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS                             |
|         |                                                                  |
|----------------|-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                |     |                                                     |
|   NUMBER OF    |  7  |   SOLE VOTING POWER                                 |
|                |     |                                                     |
|     SHARES     |     |    24,750                                           |
|                |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|  BENEFICIALLY  |     |                                                     |
|                |  8  |   SHARED VOTING POWER                               |
| OWNED BY EACH  |     |                                                     |
|                |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|   REPORTING    |     |                                                     |
|                |  9  |   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                            |
|     PERSON     |     |                                                     |
|                |     |    24,750                                           |
|      WITH      |-----|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                |     |                                                     |
|                |  10 |   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                          |
|                |     |                                                     |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   11    |  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON    |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |         24,750                                                   |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   12    |  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                   |
|         |  EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                                    [ ] |
|         |                                                                  |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   13    |  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)              |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        .48%                                                      |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                                                                  |
|   14    |  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *                                      |
|         |                                                                  |
|         |        00                                                        |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

<PAGE>

                                SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 488878307                                           Page 9 of 13 Pages
- -------------------                                           ------------------

         This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D ("Amendment No. 1") should be read
in conjunction with the Schedule 13D (the "Schedule 13D"), dated June 28, 1996,
and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by DDJ Capital Management,
LLC., a Massachusetts limited liability company ("DDJ"), and certain affiliates
relating to the 8.25% Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Shares"), of Kenetech
Corporation, (the "Issuer" or the "Company"). This Amendment No. 1 amends the
Schedule 13D only with respect to those items listed below. All capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto on
the Schedule 13D.

         The filing of this Amendment No. 1 is not, and should not be deemed to
be, an admission that the Schedule 13D or any Amendment thereto is required to
be filed.

Item 2.  Identity and Background:

         Paragraph 2 of Item 2 is deleted in its entirety and amended as
follows:

         The Copernicus Fund, L.P. and DDJ Overseas Corp. shall hereinafter be
referred to collectively as (the "Funds"). The principal office of each of DDJ
and the DDJ Affiliates, with the exception of DDJ Overseas Corp., are located at
141 Linden Street, Suite 4, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181. The principal office
of DDJ Overseas Corp. is: c/o Goldman Sachs (Cayman), Harbor Center, George
Town, Post Office Box 896, Grand Cayman Islands.

Item 3.  Sources and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration:

         Item 3 is deleted in its entirety and amended as follows:

         The Funds which own or owned Shares purchased in the aggregate 324,000
Shares for cash in the amount of approximately $103,019.22 including brokerage
commissions. Proceeds from 141,000 Shares sold aggregated approximately
$185,695.79. All of the 24,750 Shares of preferred stock now owned by The
Copernicus Fund, L.P. were purchased for cash or on margin pursuant to a typical
customer margin agreement with Goldman Sachs & Co., and all of the 299,250
Shares now owned by DDJ Overseas Corp. were purchased for cash or on margin
pursuant to a typical customer margin agreement with Goldman Sachs & Co.

         During the period from the filing of the Schedule 13D, to the date
hereof, the Funds have sold 141,000 Shares. The attached Schedule B sets forth
Shares purchased and/or sold by the Funds since June 28, 1996.


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                                SCHEDULE 13D

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Item 5.  Interest in Securities of Issuer:

         Paragraphs (a) and (b) of Item 5 are amended as follows:

         (a) DDJ Overseas Corp. owns, and DDJ Galileo, LLC and DDJ Galileo
Management LLC beneficially own as majority shareholder and investment manager,
respectively, of DDJ Overseas Corp., 299,250 Shares, or approximately 5.84% of
the outstanding Shares of the Company. The Copernicus Fund, L.P. owns, and DDJ
Copernicus, LLC and DDJ Copernicus Management, LLC beneficially own, as general
partner and investment manager, respectively, of The Copernicus Fund, L.P.,
24,750 Shares, or approximately .48% of the outstanding Shares of the Company.
DDJ, as administrator to the other DDJ Affiliates, may be deemed to beneficially
own 324,000 Shares, or approximately 6.32% of the outstanding Shares of the
Company. DDJ disclaims any such beneficial ownership. Neither DDJ nor any of the
DDJ Affiliates and, to the best of knowledge of DDJ and the DDJ Affiliates, none
of the persons named in Schedule A, beneficially own any other Shares.

         (b) Each of the aforementioned entities has sole power to vote and to
dispose of the Shares so indicated.

Item 6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships
         With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

         Item 6 is deleted in its entirety and amended as follows:

         Other than the margin agreements described in Item 3 above and except
as described in the following paragraph, neither DDJ nor any of the DDJ
Affiliates nor, to the best knowledge of DDJ, any of the persons named in
Schedule A hereto has any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship
with any person with respect to any securities of the Company, including
respecting voting or transfer of Company securities or joint venture, finder's
fee or the like.

         The Funds may from time to time own debt securities issued by the
Company, and may from time to time purchase and/or sell such debt securities.

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                                 SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 488878307                                          Page 11 of 13 Pages
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                                   SCHEDULE A

         The name and present principal occupation or employment of each
executive officer and member of DDJ Capital Management, LLC and each of the DDJ
Affiliates are set forth below. The business address of each person is 141
Linden Street, Suite 4, Wellesley, MA 02181 and the address of the corporation
or organization in which such employment is conducted is the same as each
person's business address, except that the principal address of DDJ Overseas
Corp. is set forth in Item 2. All of the persons listed below are U.S. citizens.

NAME                     PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION OR EMPLOYMENT
- ----                     ----------------------------------

Daniel G. Harmetz        Principal of DDJ Capital Management, LLC, DDJ Galileo,
                         LLC, DDJ Galileo Management, LLC, DDJ Copernicus, LLC
                         and DDJ Copernicus Management, LLC

David J. Breazzano       Principal of DDJ Capital Management, LLC, DDJ Galileo,
                         LLC, DDJ Galileo Management, LLC, DDJ Copernicus, LLC
                         and DDJ Copernicus Management, LLC

Judy K. Mencher          Principal of DDJ Capital Management, LLC, DDJ Galileo,
                         LLC, DDJ Galileo Management, LLC, DDJ Copernicus, LLC,
                         DDJ Copernicus Management, LLC and Vice President of
                         DDJ Overseas Corp.

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                                 SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 488878307                                          Page 12 of 13 Pages
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                                   SCHEDULE B

Kenetech Corporation
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         Set forth below is an itemization of all purchases and sales of Shares
of Convertible Preferred Stock since June 28, 1996. The transactions were made
for cash in open market transactions.

DATE           TYPE-PURCHASE       SHARES         AGGREGATE
               OR SALE                              PRICE
- -------------------------------------------------------------------

09/13/96       Sale                35,000         $  44,875.00
09/17/96       Sale                20,000         $  22,526.01
09/19/96       Sale                21,000         $  26,932.51
09/20/96       Sale                60,000         $  84,325.00
09/23/96       Sale                 5,000         $   7,037.27

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                                 SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 488878307                                          Page 13 of 13 Pages
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                                   Signature:

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

DDJ CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
DDJ GALILEO, LLC
DDJ GALILEO MANAGEMENT, LLC
DDJ COPERNICUS, LLC, on behalf of itself
  and as General Partner for THE
  COPERNICUS FUND, L.P.
DDJ COPERNICUS MANAGEMENT, LLC
DDJ OVERSEAS CORP.




By: ___________________________________________
     Judy K. Mencher
     Member of DDJ Capital Management, LLC
     DDJ Galileo, LLC, 
     DDJ Galileo Management, LLC,
     DDJ Copernicus, LLC,
     DDJ Copernicus Management, LLC and
     Vice President of DDJ Overseas Corp.

Dated:






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