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Note 2 - Revenue Recognition - Revenues By Major Customers (Details) - Customer Concentration Risk [Member] - Revenue Benchmark [Member]	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018
Wind [Member] | Inox Wind Limited [Member]
Concentration risk percentage	27.00%	25.00%
Grid [Member] | Vestas WTG Mexico [Member]
Concentration risk percentage	0.00%	36.00%
Grid [Member] | Micron Technology [Member]
Concentration risk percentage	25.00%	0.00%

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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