Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) - Schedule of Quarterly Results of Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | 5 Months Ended | 7 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | |||||||||
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Dec. 31, 2015 |
Sep. 30, 2015 |
Jun. 30, 2015 |
Mar. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Sep. 30, 2014 |
Jun. 30, 2014 |
Mar. 31, 2014 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Aug. 05, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Dec. 31, 2013 |
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| Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract] | |||||||||||||
| Operating revenues, net | $ 51,256 | $ 29,373 | $ 25,681 | $ 17,806 | $ 13,899 | $ 7,446 | $ 9,278 | $ 8,826 | $ 124,116 | $ 39,449 | $ 22,196 | ||
| Operating (loss) income | (223,329) | (4,360) | (2,241) | 6,296 | 8,852 | 3,146 | 2,334 | 1,495 | (223,634) | 15,827 | 9,908 | ||
| Interest expense, net | 23,061 | 39,580 | 28,186 | 16,821 | 10,649 | 5,699 | 4,336 | 3,610 | 107,648 | 24,294 | 11,812 | ||
| Net loss | (254,196) | (82,909) | (22,679) | (11,225) | $ (1,699) | $ (1,539) | $ (597) | $ (1,204) | $ (331,656) | $ (39,353) | (371,009) | (5,039) | (2,277) |
| Net loss attributable to TerraForm Global, Inc. Class A common stockholders subsequent to initial public offering | (164,588) | (48,073) | |||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | $ 47,787 | $ (28,936) | $ (6,485) | $ (6,851) | $ 9,615 | $ (4,100) | $ 4,384 | $ (21,070) | $ (2,399) | ||||
| Class A common stock - Basic and diluted (in shares) | 100,813 | 100,985 | 100,813 | ||||||||||
| Basic and diluted loss per share (in dollars per share) | $ (1.63) | $ (0.48) | $ (2.11) | ||||||||||