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Business Segments - Schedule of Revenues by Major Customers (Detail) - Total revenue - Customer concentration risk	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Inox Wind Limited
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Concentration risk, revenue	15.00%	66.00%	27.00%	58.00%
Vestas Middle East S.L.U.
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Concentration risk, revenue	27.00%	0.00%	11.00%	0.00%
SSE Generation Ltd.
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Concentration risk, revenue	17.00%	0.00%		0.00%
Hidalgo Wind Farm LLC
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Concentration risk, revenue		17.00%

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