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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;28, 2024 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <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="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
  <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
  <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 Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">04-2959321</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>Incorporation or Organization)</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>114 East Main Street,<BR>Ayer, Massachusetts</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>01432</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amended and Restated 2007 Director Stock Plan, as Amended </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>John W. Kosiba, Jr. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; 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>114 East Main Street </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Ayer, Massachusetts 01432 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and Address of Agent For Service) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(978) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">842-3000</FONT></B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Peter
  N. Handrinos </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>John Hancock Tower </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200
  Clarendon Street </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Boston, Massachusetts 02116 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(617) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">948-6000</FONT></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
  <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
  the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
  filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is being filed for the purpose of registering (i)&nbsp;an additional 150,000
  shares of the common stock (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) of American Superconductor Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) to be issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2007 Director Stock Plan, as Amended (the &#147;Director Stock Plan&#148;)
  and (ii)&nbsp;an additional 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the 2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (the &#147;2022 Plan&#148;), for which Registration Statements of the Registrant on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> relating to each of the same employee benefit plans (as defined in Rule 405 of Regulation C under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) are effective. </P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by reference the contents of (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-145685,
  filed by the Registrant on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000880807/000119312507188978/ds8.htm">August 24, 2007 and the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to such Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 17, 2022</A>, (ii)
  the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-197971, filed by the Registrant on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000880807/000119312514302501/d770469ds8.htm">August 8, 2014 and the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to such Registration
   Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 17, 2022</A>, (iii) the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-213850, filed by the Registrant on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000880807/000119312516723628/d270193ds8.htm">September
   28, 2016 and the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to such Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 17, 2022</A>, (iv) the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-233531, filed by the Registrant on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000880807/000119312519234127/d797247ds8.htm">August
   29, 2019 and the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to such Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 17, 2022</A>, and (v), the Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/880807/000119312522216468/d276986ds8.htm">Form
   S-8, File No. 333-266728, filed by the Registrant on August 10, 2022</A>, in each case relating to the Director Stock Plan; as well as (vi) the Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/880807/000119312522216467/d278070ds8.htm">Form
   S-8, File No. 333-266727, filed by the Registrant on August&nbsp;10, 2022 relating to the 2022 Plan</A>. </P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Exhibits. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Description</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/880807/000119312513366603/d596366dex31.htm">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of American Superconductor Corporation, as amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration
   Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> filed by the Registrant on September&nbsp;13, 2013 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-191153))</FONT></A>.</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;4.2</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/880807/000119312515103436/d896586dex31.htm">Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, dated March&nbsp;
  24, 2015 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed by the Registrant on March&nbsp;24, 2015 (File
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;000-19672)).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;4.3</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000880807/000143774921001681/ex_223507.htm">Amended and Restated <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws</FONT> of American Superconductor Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
   3.1 to the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed by the Registrant on February&nbsp;1, 2021 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;000-19672)).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;5.1*</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d887911dex51.htm">Opinion of Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1*</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d887911dex51.htm">Consent of Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2*</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d887911dex232.htm">Consent of RSM US LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.3*</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d887911dex233.htm">Consent of Kreischer Miller. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1*</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#sig">Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/880807/000119312524193965/d864096dex102.htm">Amended and Restated 2007 Director Stock Plan, as Amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed by the Registrant on August&nbsp;5, 2024 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;000-19672)).</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.2</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/880807/000119312524193965/d864096dex101.htm">2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed by the Registrant on August&nbsp;5, 2024 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;000-19672)).</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Ayer, state of
  Massachusetts, on August&nbsp;28, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Daniel P. McGahn</P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Daniel P. McGahn</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive
  Officer</P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Daniel P. McGahn and John W. Kosiba, Jr., and each of them singly,
  with full power to act without the other, such person&#146;s true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or
  her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same, with exhibits and
  schedules thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of
  them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary or desirable to be done in connection therewith as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
  confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
  hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Daniel P. McGahn</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Daniel P. McGahn</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">August&nbsp;28, 2024</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ John W. Kosiba, Jr.</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">John W. Kosiba, Jr.</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Arthur H. House</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Arthur H. House</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Lead Independent Director of the Board</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">August&nbsp;28, 2024</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Laura A. Dambier</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Laura A. Dambier</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top">August&nbsp;28, 2024</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Margaret D. Klein</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Margaret D. Klein</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">August&nbsp;28, 2024</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2024
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  American Superconductor Corporation
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Delaware
  04-2959321
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of
  Incorporation or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  114 East Main Street,
  Ayer, Massachusetts
  01432
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Amended and Restated 2007 Director Stock Plan, as Amended
  2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  John W. Kosiba, Jr.
  Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  American Superconductor Corporation
  114 East Main Street
  Ayer, Massachusetts 01432
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)
  (978)
  842-3000
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
  Copy to:
  Peter
  N. Handrinos
  Latham & Watkins LLP
  John Hancock Tower
  200
  Clarendon Street
  Boston, Massachusetts 02116
  (617)
  948-6000
  Indicate by check mark whether
  the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
  filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☐
  Accelerated filer
  ☒
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☒
  Emerging Growth Company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  This Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  is being filed for the purpose of registering (i) an additional 150,000
  shares of the common stock ("Common Stock") of American Superconductor Corporation (the "Registrant") to be issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2007 Director Stock Plan, as Amended (the "Director Stock Plan")
  and (ii) an additional 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the 2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (the "2022 Plan"), for which Registration Statements of the Registrant on Form
  S-8
  relating to each of the same employee benefit plans (as defined in Rule 405 of Regulation C under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) are effective.
  STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
  This Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by reference the contents of (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-145685,
  filed by the Registrant on
  August 24, 2007 and the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to such Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 17, 2022
  , (ii)
  the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-197971, filed by the Registrant on
  August 8, 2014 and the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to such Registration
   Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 17, 2022
  , (iii) the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-213850, filed by the Registrant on
  September
   28, 2016 and the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to such Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 17, 2022
  , (iv) the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-233531, filed by the Registrant on
  August
   29, 2019 and the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to such Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 17, 2022
  , and (v), the Registration Statement on
  Form
   S-8, File No. 333-266728, filed by the Registrant on August 10, 2022
  , in each case relating to the Director Stock Plan; as well as (vi) the Registration Statement on
  Form
   S-8, File No. 333-266727, filed by the Registrant on August 10, 2022 relating to the 2022 Plan
  .
  Item 8.
  Exhibits.
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of American Superconductor Corporation, as amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration
   Statement on Form
  S-3
  filed by the Registrant on September 13, 2013 (File
  No. 333-191153))
  .
  4.2
  Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, dated March 
  24, 2015 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed by the Registrant on March 24, 2015 (File
  No. 000-19672)).
  4.3
  Amended and Restated
  By-Laws
  of American Superconductor Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
   3.1 to the Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed by the Registrant on February 1, 2021 (File
  No. 000-19672)).
  5.1*
  Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.
  23.1*
  Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  23.2*
  Consent of RSM US LLP.
  23.3*
  Consent of Kreischer Miller.
  24.1*
  Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement).
  99.1
  Amended and Restated 2007 Director Stock Plan, as Amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed by the Registrant on August 5, 2024 (File
  No. 000-19672)).
  99.2
  2022 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed by the Registrant on August 5, 2024 (File
  No. 000-19672)).
  107*
  Filing Fee Table
  *
  Filed herewith.
  SIGNATURES
  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 the city of Ayer, state of
  Massachusetts, on August 28, 2024.
  AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/ Daniel P. McGahn
  Daniel P. McGahn
  President and Chief Executive
  Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Daniel P. McGahn and John W. Kosiba, Jr., and each of them singly,
  with full power to act without the other, such person's true and lawful
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or
  her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same, with exhibits and
  schedules thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, and each of
  them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary or desirable to be done in connection therewith as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
  confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
  hereof.
  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.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Daniel P. McGahn
  Daniel P. McGahn
  Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
  August 28, 2024
  /s/ John W. Kosiba, Jr.
  John W. Kosiba, Jr.
  Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  August 28, 2024
  /s/ Arthur H. House
  Arthur H. House
  Lead Independent Director of the Board
  August 28, 2024
  /s/ Laura A. Dambier
  Laura A. Dambier
  Director
  August 28, 2024
  /s/ Margaret D. Klein
  Margaret D. Klein
  Director
  August 28, 2024
  /s/ Barbara G. Littlefield
  Barbara G. Littlefield
  Director
  August 28, 2024
  /s/ David R. Oliver, Jr.
  David R. Oliver, Jr.
  Director
  August 28, 2024