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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

   We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of
our report dated May 11, 1999 relating to the consolidated financial statements
of American Superconductor Corporation as of March 31, 1999 and 1998, and for
the years ended March 31, 1999, 1998 and 1997, which appears in and is
incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement. We also consent to
the references to us under the captions "Experts" and "Selected Consolidated
Financial Data" in such Registration Statement.

                                             /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
                                             PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
January 24, 2000
