Oct 5 (Reuters) - Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management Inc BAMa.TO is in advanced talks to buy Abengoa SA's ABG.MC 41.5 percent stake in its U.S. unit Atlantica Yield Plc ABY.O , Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Brookfield's clean energy unit, Brookfield Renewable Partners LP, and Spain's Abengoa could reach an agreement within weeks, the people said, according to the report. (https://bloom.bg/2y3H4Jv)
Shares of Atlantica Yield Plc ABY.O were up 4.3 percent at $20.28 on Thursday, giving the company a market cap of $2.03 billion.
Brookfield declined to comment on the report while Abengoa was not immediately available.
Reuters had reported in April that renewable energy company Abengoa had started a process to sell its 41 percent stake valued at $900 million. of Abengoa's subsidiaries filed for U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year and the company had completed a restructuring of its business in March.