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Consolidated Statements of Operations (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2013 | Oct. 31, 2012
Product sales | $ 136,842 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet | $ 145,071 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet | $ 94,950 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Service agreements and license revenues | 25,956 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet | 28,141 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet | 18,183 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet
Advanced technologies contract revenues | 17,495 us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentArrangementContractToPerformForOthersCompensationEarned | 14,446 us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentArrangementContractToPerformForOthersCompensationEarned | 7,470 us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentArrangementContractToPerformForOthersCompensationEarned
Related Party [Member] |  |  |
Product sales | 115,000 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fcel_RelatedPartyMember | 81,600 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fcel_RelatedPartyMember | 83,900 us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fcel_RelatedPartyMember
Service agreements and license revenues | 14,900 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fcel_RelatedPartyMember | 20,100 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fcel_RelatedPartyMember | 8,400 us-gaap_SalesRevenueServicesNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fcel_RelatedPartyMember
Advanced technologies contract revenues | $ 400 us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentArrangementContractToPerformForOthersCompensationEarned / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fcel_RelatedPartyMember | $ 300 us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentArrangementContractToPerformForOthersCompensationEarned / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fcel_RelatedPartyMember | $ 20 us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentArrangementContractToPerformForOthersCompensationEarned / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = fcel_RelatedPartyMember

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