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Commitments and Contingencies - Commitments (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) project
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Payments for acquisition holdback	$ 200
Genesis [Member] | Surety Bond [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Surety bond	$ 23
Minimum Required Domestic Content Level [Member]
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items]
Number of projects | project	2
Minimum MRDCL for two projects (as a percent)	25.00%
Minimum MRDCL for two Canadian FIT contracts (as a percent)	50.00%
MRDCL supply period	7 years

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 05
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6395354&loc=d3e12631-108344

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