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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-12-335151
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120803
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120803
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20120803

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000880807
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOTORS & GENERATORS [3621]
		IRS NUMBER:				042959321
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-183075
		FILM NUMBER:		121007793

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SIXTY FOUR JACKSON ROAD
		CITY:			DEVENS
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01434
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9788423000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SIXTY FOUR JACKSON ROAD
		CITY:			DEVENS
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01434
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 3, 2012 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM S-8 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>American Superconductor Corporation </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>04-2959321</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>64 Jackson Road, Devens, Massachusetts</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>01434</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Zip Code)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Daniel P. McGahn </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Chief Executive Officer and President </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>American Superconductor Corporation </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>64 Jackson Road </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Devens, Massachusetts 01434 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name and Address of Agent For Service) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(978) 842-3000 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For
Service) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a
smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Large accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Smaller reporting company <FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:116pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Amount to be<BR>Registered(1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Proposed<BR>Maximum<BR>Offering Price<BR>Per Share</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Proposed<BR>Maximum<BR>Aggregate<BR>Offering Price</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7,500,000&nbsp;shares(2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$3.635(2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$27,262,500.00(2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$3,124.28</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Represents the number of additional shares of the Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), of American Superconductor Corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148;) authorized for issuance under the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, approved by the Company&#146;s shareholders on July&nbsp;27, 2012. In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the
average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on August 1, 2012. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company previously registered 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be offered or sold to participants under the Plan on Form S-8 (File
Nos. 333-145685 and 333-170286). At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company on July&nbsp;27, 2012, the shareholders approved an increase in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan from 6,000,000 to
13,500,000 (resulting in an increase of 7,500,000 shares of Common Stock). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PART I </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 1. Plan Information. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The information called for in this Item&nbsp;1 of this
Registration Statement is not being filed with or included in this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The information called for in this Item&nbsp;2 of this Registration Statement is not being filed with or included in this Form S-8 (by incorporation by
reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PART II </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following documents, which have been filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;), are incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Company&#146;s latest annual report filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the latest prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited financial statements for the Company&#146;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
document referred to in (a)&nbsp;above. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The description of the securities contained in the Company&#146;s registration
statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All
reports and other documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered pursuant to this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents or
reports. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained therein, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 4. Description of Securities. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Not applicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Not applicable. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain other
persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such
person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and
only to </FONT></P>
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the extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Article VI of the Company&#146;s by-laws provides that a director or officer of the Company (a)&nbsp;shall be indemnified by the Company against all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) brought against him by virtue of his position as a director or
officer of the Company if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful and (b)&nbsp;shall be indemnified by the Company against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of any action or suit by or in the right of the Company by virtue of his
position as a director or officer of the Company if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any such
matter as to which such director or officer shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that a court determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances
of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a director or officer has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, he shall be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Company upon receipt of
an undertaking by the director or officer to repay such amount if the Company ultimately determines that he is not entitled to indemnification. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Indemnification shall be made by the Company upon a determination that the applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification has been met and that indemnification of a director or officer is
proper. Such determination shall be made (a)&nbsp;by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, or (b)&nbsp;if such a quorum is not obtainable, or if a quorum of disinterested
directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c)&nbsp;by the Shareholders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Article VI of the
Company&#146;s by-laws further provides that the indemnification provided therein is not exclusive, and provides that to the extent the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended or supplemented, Article VI shall be amended automatically and
construed so as to permit indemnification and advancement of expenses to the fullest extent permitted by such law. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides, generally, that the certificate of incorporation
may contain a provision providing, and Article EIGHTH of the Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides, that no director of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, provided, that a director shall remain liable (i)&nbsp;for any breach of such director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which such director derived an improper personal benefit.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company has a directors and officers liability insurance policy covering certain liabilities that may be incurred by its
directors and officers. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4 </FONT></P>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Not applicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 8.
Exhibits. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A list of exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement is set forth in the Index to Exhibits appearing elsewhere
herein and is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item 9. Undertakings. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included on a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5 </FONT></P>


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otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6 </FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:0px;"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds
to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Devens, Massachusetts, on this 3</FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">rd</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> day of August, 2012. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Daniel P. McGahn</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Daniel P. McGahn</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">President
and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND
SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We, the undersigned officers and directors of American Superconductor Corporation, hereby severally constitute
and appoint Daniel P. McGahn, David A. Henry and John W. Powell, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the
registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable American
Superconductor Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said
attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:15pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Daniel P. McGahn</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Daniel P. McGahn</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal executive officer)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ David A. Henry</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">David A. Henry</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal financial and accounting officer)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ John W. Wood, Jr.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">John W. Wood, Jr.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chairman of the Board of Directors</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Vikram S. Budhraja</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vikram S. Budhraja</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Richard Drouin</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Pamela F. Lenehan</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pamela F. Lenehan</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">David R. Oliver, Jr.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">John B. Vander Sande</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of American Superconductor Corporation</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amended and Restated By-Laws of American Superconductor Corporation</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Opinion of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP, counsel to the Registrant</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(included in Exhibit 5)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for quarter ended December&nbsp;31, 2011 filed by the Company with the Commission on
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Commission on January&nbsp;30, 2008 (File No. 000-19672).
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Commission on July&nbsp;27, 2012 (File No. 000-19672).
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">John&nbsp;Hancock&nbsp;Tower,&nbsp;20th&nbsp;Floor</FONT><BR> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">200
Clarendon Street</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Boston, Massachusetts 02116</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Tel:&nbsp;+1.617.948.6000&nbsp;Fax:&nbsp;+1.617.948.6001</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">www.lw.com</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">August 3,
2012</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Abu Dhabi</FONT><BR> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Barcelona</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Beijing</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Boston</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Brussels</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Chicago</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Doha</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Dubai</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Frankfurt</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Hamburg</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Hong Kong</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Houston</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">London</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Los Angeles</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Madrid</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Milan</FONT></P></TD>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">New Jersey</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">New York</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Orange County</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Paris</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Riyadh</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Rome</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">San Diego</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">San Francisco</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Shanghai</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Silicon Valley</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Singapore</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Tokyo</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px; margin-top:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Washington, D.C.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">American Superconductor Corporation </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">64 Jackson Road </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Devens, MA 01434 </FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to 7,500,000</U> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</U> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ladies and Gentlemen: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have acted as special counsel to American Superconductor
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), in connection with the preparation and filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) of a registration statement on Form
S-8 ( the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Act</U>&#148;), relating to the issuance of up to 7,500,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
&#147;<U>Shares</U>&#148;), which may be issued pursuant to the Company&#146;s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148;). This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item&nbsp;601(b)(5) of
Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or the prospectus forming a part thereof, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issuance
of the Shares. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As special counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered
appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon the foregoing and upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual
matters. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We are opining herein only as to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and we express no opinion with respect
to any other laws. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that as of the date hereof the Shares have been duly
authorized and, when issued and sold in accordance with the terms of the Plan, such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of federal
securities laws. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Act or
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Very truly yours, </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ LATHAM&nbsp;&amp; WATKINS LLP </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 23.2 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We hereby
consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8<B> </B>of our report dated June 6, 2012 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedules and the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting, which appears in American Superconductor Corporation&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended March 31, 2012. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Boston, Massachusetts </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">August&nbsp;3, 2012 </FONT></P>
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