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Accounts Receivable - Additional Information (Detail) (Credit Concentration Risk, Accounts Receivable) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014
Inox Wind Limited |  |
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Risk percentage | 56.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = amsc_InoxWindLimitedMember | 20.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = amsc_InoxWindLimitedMember
CG Power Solutions UK Ltd |  |
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Risk percentage |  | 14.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = amsc_CGPowerSolutionsUKLtdMember
JINGCHENG New Energy |  |
Accounts Notes And Loans Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Risk percentage |  | 13.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = amsc_JINGCHENGNewEnergyMember

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