Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Equity - Summary of Dividends Declared by Board of Directors (Detail)

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Equity - Summary of Dividends Declared by Board of Directors (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
8/20/13 Record Date [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Announced Date	Aug. 08, 2013
Record Date	Aug. 20, 2013
Pay Date	Aug. 29, 2013
Amount per share	$ 0.06
11/18/13 Record Date [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Announced Date	Nov. 07, 2013
Record Date	Nov. 18, 2013
Pay Date	Nov. 22, 2013
Amount per share	$ 0.14
12/30/13 Record Date [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Announced Date	Dec. 17, 2013
Record Date	Dec. 30, 2013
Pay Date	Jan. 10, 2014
Amount per share	$ 0.22
03/27/14 Record Date [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Announced Date	Mar. 13, 2014
Record Date	Mar. 27, 2014
Pay Date	Apr. 09, 2014
Amount per share	$ 0.22
06/27/14 Record Date [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Announced Date	Jun. 17, 2014
Record Date	Jun. 27, 2014
Pay Date	Jul. 10, 2014
Amount per share	$ 0.22
9/26/2014 Record Date [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Announced Date	Sep. 16, 2014
Record Date	Sep. 26, 2014
Pay Date	Oct. 09, 2014
Amount per share	$ 0.22
12/19/14 Record Date [Member]
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Announced Date	Dec. 08, 2014
Record Date	Dec. 19, 2014
Pay Date	Jan. 09, 2015
Amount per share	$ 0.26

- Definition

Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4304-108586

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