POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby authorizes June Marie
Morris of Northern Power Systems Corp., a British Columbia corporation (the
"Company"),  to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an Officer and/or Director of the Company, Forms 3, 4
and 5, and any amendments thereto, and cause such form(s) to be filed with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 16(a) of
the Securities Act of 1934, relating to the undersigned's beneficial ownership
of securities in the Company. The undersigned hereby grants to such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest
of: (1) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued
by the Company; (2) this Power of Attorney is revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact; or (3) as to a
specific attorney-in-fact, the employment of such attorney-in-fact with the
Company is terminated.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 30th day of November, 2016.

/s/ William Leimkuhler
WILLIAM LEIMKUHLER