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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-14-220810
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140602

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Abengoa Yield plc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001601072
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			X0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1214

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GREAT WEST HOUSE (GW1)
		STREET 2:		GREAT WEST ROAD
		CITY:			BRENTFORD, GREATER LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			TW8 9DF
		BUSINESS PHONE:		34954937111

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GREAT WEST HOUSE (GW1)
		STREET 2:		GREAT WEST ROAD
		CITY:			BRENTFORD, GREATER LONDON
		STATE:			X0
		ZIP:			TW8 9DF

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Abengoa Yield Ltd
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20140226
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">June&nbsp;2, 2014</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Via EDGAR Submission </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Mara L. Ransom</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Abengoa Yield plc</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;<B>Securities Act</B>&#148;) and Regulation S-T
thereunder, Abengoa Yield plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), has today filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>SEC</B>&#148;) an Amendment to its
Registration Statement on Form F-1 (&#147;<B>Amendment No.&nbsp;3</B>&#148;), which amends Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Registration Statement filed on May&nbsp;13, 2014 (the &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">On behalf of the Company, we are writing to respond to the comments set forth in the letter to the Company, dated May&nbsp;27,
2014, from the staff (the &#147;<B>Staff</B>&#148;) of the SEC. The Company&#146;s responses below correspond to the captions and numbers of those comments (which are reproduced below in <B>bold text</B>). For your convenience, paper copies of
Amendment No.&nbsp;3 will be delivered to each member of the Staff referenced above, and those copies will be marked to show changes from the Registration Statement. Where applicable, we have also referenced in the Company&#146;s responses set forth
below the appropriate page number of the revised prospectus contained in Amendment No.&nbsp;3 to the Registration Statement (the &#147;<B>Prospectus</B>&#148;) that addresses the Staff&#146;s comment. Capitalized terms used in this letter but not
otherwise defined have the meanings assigned to them in the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Information, page 82 </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>1. We note your response to comment 1 in our letter dated May&nbsp;9, 2014. We do not object to your presentation of a
&#147;supplemental&#148; or &#147;additional&#148; measure of pro forma earnings per share that includes all shares outstanding after this offering, provided that such a metric is appropriately labeled and explained to your readers. However, your
primary measure of earnings per share for purposes of these pro forma financial statements should exclude the shares issued in this offering whose proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes. As previously indicated, the actual number of
shares excluded should be based on the offering price of your shares. Please revise to present this measure of pro forma earnings per share, and revise footnote 5 to describe how this metric was calculated. Please note that this does not impact your
presentation of the proceeds from the offering on your pro forma balance sheet. </B></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">In response to the Staff&#146;s comment, the Company has revised its Pro Forma Combined Financial Information to exclude the
shares to be issued in the offering whose proceeds ($30 million) will be retained for general corporate purposes from the earnings per share calculation. The actual number of shares excluded has been based on the offering price of the shares,
assuming an offering price of $26.00 per share, the mid-point of the range set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. The Company has revised footnote 5 on page 88 of the Prospectus to describe how this metric has been calculated. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>2. We note your revisions to footnote 3 to your pro forma financial statements. Please explain to us why Abengoa&#146;s
contribution to you of certain related party loans for which you will receive the right to collect certain existing debt of related parties is reflected as a reduction to your related parties liability account. In doing so, please elaborate on why
footnote 3 states that this contribution to you of related party loans receivable is equivalent to a capitalization of debt from an accounting perspective, and tell us how you considered the guidance related to offsetting in paragraph 32 of IAS 1.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">In response to the Staff&#146;s comment, the Company has revised footnote 3 on page 88 of the Prospectus and related
disclosure to clarify that the transaction included in the pro forma combined financial statements involves the capitalization of certain debt with related parties. As of March&nbsp;31, 2014 and December&nbsp;31, 2013 and 2012, four project
companies included in the combined group had debt with other subsidiary companies of Abengoa not included in the combined group. Such debt was classified within the related parties liability account in the combined financial statements as of such
dates. During the period between January&nbsp;1, 2014 and the closing date of the offering, such debt has been or will be capitalized and therefore any remaining balance as of March&nbsp;31, 2014 is being eliminated against Equity in the pro forma
adjustment described in footnote 3. The Company clarifies that there has not been any offsetting of receivables and payables, and therefore guidance in paragraph 32 of IAS 1 is not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">We hope that the foregoing has been responsive to the Staff&#146;s comments. Should you have any questions relating to the foregoing, please
feel free to contact the undersigned at (212)&nbsp;903-9014. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Yours faithfully, </P> <P STYLE="font-size:24pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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