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Earnings per share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
Earnings per share [Abstract] |
Earnings per share | Diluted earnings per share equal basic earnings per share for the three-month period ended March 31, 2020.
Item |  | For the three-month period ended March 31, |
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
|  | ($ in thousands) |
Loss attributable to Atlantica |  |  | (19,172 | ) |  |  | (40,511 | )
Loss from continuing operations attributable to Atlantica |  |  | (19,652 | ) |  |  | (40,511 | )
Average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands) - basic |  |  | 110,386 |  |  |  | 101,602 |
Average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands) - diluted |  |  | 113,733 |  |  |  | 101,602 |
Earnings per share for the period (U.S. dollar per share) - basic |  |  | (0.17 | ) |  |  | (0.40 | )
Earnings per share for the period (U.S. dollar per share) - diluted |  |  | (0.17 | ) |  |  | (0.40 | )
Earnings per share for the period from continuing operations (U.S. dollar per share) - basic |  |  | (0.18 | ) |  |  | (0.40 | )
Earnings per share for the period from continuing operations (U.S. dollar per share) - diluted |  |  | (0.17 | ) |  |  | (0.40 | )

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