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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140530

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	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

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		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19672
		FILM NUMBER:		14880712

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

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		STREET 1:		SIXTY FOUR JACKSON ROAD
		CITY:			DEVENS
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01434
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM SD </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SPECIALIZED
DISCLOSURE REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>American Superconductor Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>64 Jackson Road, Devens, Massachusetts</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed and provide the period to which the information in this form
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, 2013. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Introduction: </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">American Superconductor Corporation (which
may be referred to as &#147;AMSC&#148;, the &#147;Company,&#148; &#147;our,&#148; or &#147;we&#148;) was founded on April&nbsp;9, 1987. We are a leading provider of megawatt-scale solutions that lower the cost of wind power and enhance the
performance of the power grid. In the wind power market, we enable manufacturers to field highly competitive wind turbines through our advanced power electronics products, engineering, and support services. In the power grid market, we enable
electric utilities and renewable energy project developers to connect, transmit and distribute power through our transmission planning services and power electronics and superconductor-based products. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;1 &#150; Conflict Minerals Disclosure: </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Democratic Republic of the Congo and its adjoining countries have reserves of and mine tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (known as &#147;3TG&#148;). 3TG is commonly used in the manufacturing of many consumer products including those of AMSC. In 2012,
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) adopted Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Rule&#148;) and the Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD (&#147;Form SD&#148;) to implement the
conflict mineral provisions in Section&nbsp;1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the &#147;Dodd-Frank Act&#148;). The Rule and Form SD require public reporting companies with Conflict Minerals (as defined below)
that are necessary to the functionality or production of a product they manufacture to disclose annually whether any of those Conflict Minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo (&#147;DRC&#148;) or certain countries that share an
internationally-recognized border with the DRC (each, an &#147;adjoining country&#148;).&nbsp;The term &#147;Conflict Minerals&#148; means cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), gold, wolframite and their derivatives (which are currently limited
to tantalum, tin and tungsten) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">AMSC, under the final Rule of the Dodd-Frank Act, has and continues to perform a reasonable country of origin inquiry to
determine whether any of conflict minerals used in the production of our products from January&nbsp;1, 2013 to December&nbsp;31, 2013 originated in covered countries or are from scrap or recycled sources as discussed in the Dodd-Frank Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our reasonable country of origin inquiry has concluded that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Some materials used in AMSC&#146;s production of its products do not contain conflict minerals originating in covered countries or are from
scrap or recycled sources. However, the sourcing of the remainder of the materials that we used could not be determined and therefore our status is DRC conflict undeterminable as described and used in the Rule. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Determination of our status as DRC conflict undeterminable is a result of due diligence effort through March&nbsp;31, 2014. Our due diligence is in accordance
with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (&#147;OECD&#148;) framework being adopted, and described below. AMSC will continue due diligence on the source of custody of the materials described as conflict minerals used in the
production of our products that we manufacture across the globe. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The OECD framework covers &#147;Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of
Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas&#148;. The OECD guidance provides detailed steps, a model, and suggested measures for implementing a proactive and reactive process through which companies can ensure they respect human rights and
do not contribute to conflict by following a prescribed approach to due diligence surrounding the preparation of a Conflict Minerals Report. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Phase one of
our due diligence included a comprehensive screening of our product families. Phase two included AMSC engineers&#146; conducting a detailed bill of material review to ascertain if any of our components contain or are believed to contain tin,
tantalum, tungsten or gold (&#147;3TG&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Purchased parts or components that are not believed to contain 3TG minerals via engineering review are
confirmed by our suppliers to be absent of minerals described as 3TG conflict minerals. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">AMSC uses the supplier traceability reporting format developed by
the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (&#147;EICC&#148;), a US-based electronics manufacturing trade association in 2010. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Purchased parts or
components that are believed to contain 3TG minerals via engineering review are required by the supply chain to disclose the source of origin using the EICC reporting template detailing the unique smelter ID number of every source of material
procured. Disclosure requests are first primarily requested of suppliers based on delivery quantities from the supplier in addition to the period deliveries were received. Current products manufactured in the last year and related deliveries are
prioritized based on quantities used in production and the likelihood suppliers are available to respond. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Disclosures from our suppliers that are received are reviewed for completeness, consistency and accuracy based on
known smelter capabilities and locations. This is performed by our supply chain teams assigned to each of the described product families. Efforts to obtain non responding disclosures are typically made through second requests and follow up calls.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Responses received from suppliers in North America are generally more complete and often indicate that they are conflict free than those from other parts
of the world. Due to the unpredictability of response rates and the completeness of the responses, the Company continues to examine and update its due diligence process. A significant portion of our supply chain is not required to file reports with
the SEC under the Rule, and is therefore not concerned by reporting obligations pursuant to the Rule. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with the Rule, AMSC has filed this
Form SD and the associated Exhibit 1.02 on the Company&#146;s website, http://ir.amsc.com/governance.cfm. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ITEM&nbsp;1.02 &#150; Exhibit </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The AMSC Conflict Minerals Report is attached to this report as Exhibit 1.02 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;2 &#150; Exhibit </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Exhibit 1.02 &#150;
Conflict Minerals Report of AMSC for the period January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form SD </B></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMSC CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>For the Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>OVERVIEW </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Conflict Minerals Report includes a
discussion of the due diligence procedures performed, the ultimate determination of origin and conflict status reached, and the disclosures required by the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;). AMSC is required to file this Conflict
Minerals report with the SEC&#146;s adopted Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Rule&#148;) because based on our reasonable country of origin and further due diligence, we were not able to determinate that our Conflict
Minerals did not originate in the Democratic Republic of Congo (&#147;DRC&#148;) or certain countries that share an internationally-recognized border with the DRC (each, an &#147;adjoining country&#148;). Our reasonable country of origin inquiry
indicates a finding of DRC conflict undeterminable is appropriate in light of our efforts to ascertain if materials used in our products originate in covered countries. Covered countries are defined by Section&nbsp;1502 of the SEC&#146;s Dodd-Frank
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (&#147;Act&#148;). The Act was signed into law on July&nbsp;21, 2010. Covered countries include the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Burundi, Central African, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">AMSC determined that some of the materials used in the production of its products do not contain conflict materials. However, our country of origin inquiry
concluded that the origin of the remainder of the materials could not be determined. The Company&#146;s overall determination is a result of effort through March&nbsp;31, 2014. Our effort continues as fully described below. As a result the Company
proceeds to undertake due diligence in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas (Second Edition)(including the supplements on Gold and on Tin, Tungsten and
Tantalum). (&#147;OECD Framework&#148;) being adopted, and described below, and will continue to do so on the source of custody of the materials described as conflict minerals used in the production of our products that we manufacture across the
globe. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The OECD Framework provides detailed steps, a model, and suggested measures for implementing an ongoing, proactive and reactive process through
which companies can ensure they respect human rights and do not contribute to conflict by following a prescribed approach to due diligence surrounding the preparation of a Conflict Minerals Report. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has disclosed the information above, along with a copy of this Conflict Minerals Report, on its website, <U>http://ir.amsc.com/governance.cfm</U>.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">AMSC </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">64 Jackson Road |
Devens MA 01434 | +1 (978)&nbsp;842-3000 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">www.amsc.com </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s due diligence process being implemented and described earlier materially follows the OECD Framework designed using their proscribed
standards. As due diligence progresses, modifications are made to improve all facets of our process from our product assessment, due diligence, and reporting. </P>
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the world. Due to the unpredictability of response rates and the completeness of the responses, the Company continues to examine and update its due diligence process. A significant portion of our supply chain is not required to file reports with the
SEC under Sections 13(a) or 14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is therefore not concerned by reporting obligations pursuant to Rule 13p-1. </P>
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conventional conductors with no power loss. This wire can be incorporated into a variety of applications that we market, including: Resilient Electric Grid Systems and Standalone Fault Current limiters. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><I>Electrical Control Systems.</I> Our electrical control systems regulate voltage, control power flows and maximize wind turbine efficiency, among other functions. Our electrical control systems contain our
PowerModule&#153; power electronic converters, which incorporate power semiconductor devices that switch, control and move large amounts of power faster and with far less disruption than the electromechanical switches historically used.
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product does not contain conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of that product that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. Conflict minerals
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undeterminable means, with respect to any product manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by an registrant, that the registrant is unable to determine, after exercising due diligence as required, whether or not such product qualities as DRC
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