Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Operating revenues, net	$ 47,686	$ 17,806
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of operations	5,202	358
Cost of operations - affiliate	5,030	964
General and administrative	2,947	4,486
General and administrative - affiliate	7,237	2,967
Acquisition, formation and related costs	10,005	0
Depreciation, accretion and amortization	14,572	2,735
Total operating costs and expenses	44,993	11,510
Operating income	2,693	6,296
Other expense (income):
Gain on extinguishment of debt	(6,261)	0
Interest expense, net	33,663	16,821
Gain on foreign currency exchange	(12,349)	0
Other income, net	(6,970)	(418)
Total other expenses, net	8,083	16,403
Loss before income tax expense	(5,390)	(10,107)
Income tax expense	858	1,118
Net loss	(6,248)	$ (11,225)
Less: loss attributable to non-controlling interests	(1,616)
Net loss attributable to TerraForm Global, Inc. Class A common stockholders	$ (4,632)
Weighted average number of shares:
Weighted-average shares outstanding	106,856
Loss per share:
Basic and diluted loss per share (in usd per share)	$ (0.04)