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Accounting policies (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023
Accounting policies |
Schedule of Disaggregation of revenue | The following table presents the Company’s revenue disaggregated by revenue source. ​
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​ | ​ | Three Months Ended March 31, |
​ |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |
Retail revenue | ​ | $ | 7,771,095 | ​ | $ | 6,313,200 | ​
Bulk revenue | ​ |  | 9,004,373 | ​ |  | 7,350,644 | ​
Services revenue | ​ |  | 12,721,701 | ​ |  | 4,743,820 | ​
Manufacturing revenue | ​ |  | 3,371,821 | ​ |  | 1,150,241 | ​
Total revenue | ​ | $ | 32,868,990 | ​ | $ | 19,557,905 | ​
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Summary of revenue recognized and amounts billed on services segment and manufacturing segment contracts in progress | Revenue recognized and amounts billed on contracts in progress are summarized as follows:
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​ | ​ | March 31, | ​ | December 31, | ​
​ | ​ | 2023 | ​ | 2022 | ​
Revenue recognized to date on contracts in progress |  | $ | 36,464,115 | ​ | $ | 25,469,014 | ​
Amounts billed to date on contracts in progress | ​ |  | (49,204,112) | ​ |  | (33,407,182) | ​
Retainage | ​ | ​ | 3,368,424 | ​ | ​ | 2,047,969 | ​
Net contract liability | ​ | $ | (9,371,573) | ​ | $ | (5,890,199) | ​
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Summary of net balances of billings reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet | The above net balances are reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as follows:
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​ | ​ | March 31, | ​ | December 31, | ​
​ | ​ | 2023 | ​ | 2022 | ​
Contract assets |  | $ | 6,127,587 |  | $ | 2,913,722 | ​
Contract liabilities | ​ |  | (15,499,160) | ​ |  | (8,803,921) | ​
Net contract liability | ​ | $ | (9,371,573) | ​ | $ | (5,890,199) | ​
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of receivable, contract asset, and contract liability from contract with customer. Includes, but is not limited to, change in contract asset and contract liability. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 606 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126920106&loc=SL49130551-203045 + Details
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