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Project Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015
Project assets [Abstract] |
Project assets [Table Text Block] | Project assets at October 31, 2015 and 2014 consisted of the following (in thousands):
| 2015 |  | 2014
Current project assets |  | 5,260 |  |  | — |
Long-term project assets |  | 6,922 |  |  | 784 |
Project assets |  | 12,182 |  |  | 784 |

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