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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)
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Jul. 05, 2011
Claim
May 17, 2013
USD ($)
Jun. 17, 2011
Claim
May 12, 2011
Claim
Employees
Sep. 30, 2013
USD ($)
Bonds
Sep. 30, 2013
USD ($)
Bonds
Sep. 30, 2013
EUR (€)
Mar. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Oct. 17, 2011
Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd.
USD ($)
Oct. 17, 2011
Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd.
CNY
Oct. 08, 2011
Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd.
USD ($)
Oct. 08, 2011
Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd.
CNY
Sep. 13, 2011
Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd.
USD ($)
Sep. 13, 2011
Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd.
CNY
Feb. 27, 2012
Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd.
USD ($)
Feb. 27, 2012
Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd.
CNY
Dec. 22, 2011
Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd.
USD ($)
Dec. 22, 2011
Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd.
CNY
Sep. 30, 2013
Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd.
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2011
Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd.
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2011
Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd.
CNY
Sep. 16, 2011
Dalian Guotong Electric Co. Ltd.
USD ($)
Sep. 16, 2011
Dalian Guotong Electric Co. Ltd.
CNY
May 12, 2011
Ghodawat Energy Pvt Ltd
USD ($)
May 12, 2011
Ghodawat Energy Pvt Ltd
EUR (€)
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]                                                  
Adverse purchase commitments         $ 962,000 $ 962,000   $ 1,440,000                                  
Adjusted accrual for adverse purchase commitments         200,000 500,000                                      
Number of putative securities complaints     4 7                                          
Number of officers putative securities filed against       2                                          
Number of complaints additionally asserted claims against the underwriters       1                                          
Loss contingency   1,800,000                                 0            
Number of claims consolidated 3                                                
Sought compensation amount                 157,000,000 1,000,000,000 58,000,000 370,000,000     17,000,000 105,000,000 190,000,000 1,200,000,000   76,000,000 485,000,000     24,000,000 18,000,000
Value of the undelivered components                                       720,000,000 4,600,000,000        
Damages claimed for unauthorized use of software                         6,000,000 38,000,000                      
Monetary damages for trade secret infringement                         453,000,000 2,900,000,000                      
Monetary losses from copyright infringement                                           200,000 1,200,000    
Counterclaims under License Agreement                                               9,000,000 6,000,000
Restricted cash included in current assets         2,021,000 2,021,000   6,136,000                                  
Restricted cash         4,901,000 4,901,000   4,820,000                                  
Number of performance bonds in support of customer contracts         1 1                                      
Value of performance bond         200,000 200,000                                      
Debt instrument maturity date           Mar. 31, 2014                                      
Line of credit outstanding         $ 3,600,000 $ 3,600,000 € 2,700,000