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Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2018
Debt [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt | Debt as of October 31, 2018 and 2017 consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Hercules Loan and Security Agreement |  | $ | 25,343 |  |  | $ | 21,468 |
State of Connecticut Loan |  |  | 10,000 |  |  |  | 10,000 |
Finance obligation for sale-leaseback transactions |  |  | 46,062 |  |  |  | 46,937 |
Connecticut Green Bank Note |  |  | 6,052 |  |  |  | 6,052 |
Connecticut Development Authority Note |  |  | 284 |  |  |  | 2,349 |
New Britain Renewable Energy Term Loan |  |  | 1,107 |  |  |  | 1,697 |
Capitalized lease obligations |  |  | 341 |  |  |  | 632 |
Deferred finance costs |  |  | (1,311 | ) |  |  | (1,344 | )
Total debt |  | $ | 87,878 |  |  | $ | 87,791 |
Current portion of long-term debt |  |  | (17,596 | ) |  |  | (28,281 | )
Long-term debt |  | $ | 70,282 |  |  | $ | 59,510 |
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, 2018 are as follows (in thousands):
Year 1 |  | $ | 17,908 |
Year 2 |  |  | 17,174 |
Year 3 |  |  | 4,064 |
Year 4 |  |  | 4,089 |
Year 5 |  |  | 4,640 |
Thereafter (1) |  |  | 16,481 |
|  | $ | 64,356 |
(1) | The annual principal payments included above only include sale-leaseback payments whereas the difference between debt outstanding as of October 31, 2018 and the annual principal payments represent accreted interest and amounts included in the finance obligation that exceed required principal payments.

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