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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
of AstroPower, Inc.:
The audits referred to in our report dated February 21, 2000, included the
related financial statement schedule as of December 31, 1999, and for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, included in this
registration statement. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility
of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
this financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our opinion, such
financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects
the information set forth therein.
We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the reference
to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Wilmington, Delaware
November 3, 2000
