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Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2017
Debt [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt | Debt as of October 31, 2017 and 2016 consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Hercules Loan and Security Agreement |  | $ | 21,468 |  |  | $ | 20,521 |
State of Connecticut Loan |  |  | 10,000 |  |  |  | 10,000 |
Finance obligation for sale-leaseback transactions |  |  | 46,937 |  |  |  | 41,603 |
NRG loan agreement |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1,755 |
Connecticut Green Bank Note |  |  | 6,052 |  |  |  | 6,050 |
Connecticut Development Authority Note |  |  | 2,349 |  |  |  | 2,589 |
New Britain Renewable Energy Term Loan |  |  | 1,697 |  |  |  | — |
Capitalized lease obligations |  |  | 632 |  |  |  | 660 |
Deferred finance costs |  |  | (1,344 | ) |  |  | (1,408 | )
Total debt |  | $ | 87,791 |  |  | $ | 81,770 |
Current portion of long-term debt |  |  | (28,281 | ) |  |  | (5,010 | )
Long-term debt |  | $ | 59,510 |  |  | $ | 76,760 |
Aggregate Annual Principal Payments under Loan Agreements and Capital Lease Obligations | Aggregate annual principal payments under our loan agreements and capital lease obligations for the years subsequent to October 31, 2017 are as follows (in thousands):
Year 1 |  | $ | 28,583 |
Year 2 |  |  | 4,518 |
Year 3 |  |  | 4,863 |
Year 4 |  |  | 4,057 |
Year 5 |  |  | 4,089 |
Thereafter |  |  | 43,025 |
|  | $ | 89,135 |

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