Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 94,808	$ 101,656
Restricted cash	14,609	7,945
Trade receivables	45,292	35,759
Related party receivable	734	671
Reimbursable interconnection costs	38	2,532
Derivative assets, current	24,338	18,506
Current net deferred tax assets	0	318
Prepaid expenses	14,498	15,275
Other current assets	6,891	12,679
Deferred financing costs, current, net of accumulated amortization of $5,192 and $3,493 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively	2,121	1,747
Total current assets	203,329	197,088
Restricted cash	36,875	39,745
Turbine advances	0	79,637
Construction in progress	0	26,195
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $409,161 and $278,291 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively	3,294,620	2,350,856
Unconsolidated investments	116,473	29,079
Derivative assets	44,014	49,369
Deferred financing costs	4,572	5,166
Net deferred tax assets	6,804	5,474
Finite-lived intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $4,357 and $154 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively	97,722	1,257
Other assets	25,183	11,421
Total assets	3,829,592	2,795,287
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	42,776	24,793
Accrued construction costs	23,565	20,132
Related party payable	1,646	5,757
Accrued interest	9,035	3,634
Dividends payable	28,022	15,734
Derivative liabilities, current	14,343	16,307
Revolving credit facility	355,000	50,000
Current portion of long-term debt, net of financing costs of $3,671 and $11,868 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively	44,144	109,693
Current net deferred tax liabilities	0	149
Other current liabilities	2,156	4,000
Total current liabilities	520,687	250,199
Long-term debt, net of financing costs of $22,632 and $24,887 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively	1,174,380	1,304,165
Convertible senior notes, net of financing costs of $5,014 and $0 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively	197,362	0
Derivative liabilities	28,659	17,467
Net deferred tax liabilities	22,183	20,418
Finite-lived intangible liability, net of accumulated amortization of $2,168 and $0 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively	58,132	0
Other long-term liabilities	52,427	38,304
Total liabilities	$ 2,053,830	$ 1,630,553
Commitments and contingencies (Note 18)
Equity:
Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share: 500,000,000 shares authorized; 74,644,141 and 62,062,841 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively	$ 747	$ 621
Additional paid-in capital	982,814	723,938
Accumulated loss	(77,159)	(44,626)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(73,325)	(45,068)
Treasury stock, at cost; 65,301 and 25,465 shares of Class A common stock as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively	(1,577)	(717)
Total equity before noncontrolling interest	831,500	634,148
Noncontrolling interest	944,262	530,586
Total equity	1,775,762	1,164,734
Total liabilities and equity	$ 3,829,592	$ 2,795,287