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Project Assets (Notes) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2015
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Project assets [Text Block] | Note 4. Project Assets 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 |
Current project assets include projects that are currently under construction by the Company under a PPA. The current portion of project assets of $5.3 million includes two projects that are under construction by the Company. This balance will fluctuate based on timing of construction and sale of the projects to third parties. The long-term portion of project assets of $6.9 million represents a fuel cell project which was sold under a sales leaseback transaction in December 2015 (see Note 20). The Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for 2015 reflects all expenditures for project assets within operating activities consistent with the current Balance Sheet classification at the time such expenditures were incurred during the year.

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