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Project Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Project Assets |
Project Assets | Note 5. Project Assets Project assets as of October 31, 2022 and 2021 consisted of the following (in thousands): ​
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​ | ​ | October 31, | ​ | October 31, | ​ | Estimated
​ |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | Useful Life
Project Assets – Operating | ​ | $ | 154,736 | ​ | $ | 116,286 | ​ | 4-20 years
Accumulated depreciation | ​ | ​ | (29,546) | ​ | ​ | (19,844) | ​ | ​
Project Assets – Operating, net | ​ | ​ | 125,190 | ​ | ​ | 96,442 | ​ | ​
Project Assets – Construction in progress | ​ | ​ | 107,696 | ​ | ​ | 126,835 | ​ | 7-20 years
Project Assets, net | ​ | $ | 232,886 | ​ | $ | 223,277 | ​ | ​
​ The estimated useful lives of these project assets are 20 years for BOP and site construction, and four to seven years for modules. Project assets as of October 31, 2022 and 2021 included eight completed, commissioned installations generating power with respect to which the Company has a PPA with the end-user of power and site host with a net aggregate value of $125.2 million and $96.4 million as of October 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Certain of these assets are the subject of sale-leaseback arrangements with PNC and Crestmark. Project assets as of October 31, 2022 and 2021 also include installations with carrying values of $107.7 million and $126.8 million, respectively, which are being developed and constructed by the Company in connection with projects for which we have entered into PPAs or projects for which we expect to secure PPAs or otherwise recover the asset value and which have not yet been placed in service. Fiscal Year 2022 Charges, Including Impairment Charges Included in “Construction in progress” is the 2.3 MW Toyota project. It was determined in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021 that a potential source of renewable natural gas (“RNG”) at favorable pricing was no longer sufficiently probable and that market pricing for RNG had significantly increased, resulting in the determination that the carrying value of the project asset was no longer recoverable. Refer to Note 18. “Commitments and Contingencies” for more information regarding fuel risk exposure. Charges for the year ended October 31, 2022 were $22.1 million, which represents the carrying value of the project asset less the carrying value of inventory components that could be redeployed for alternative use. As this project is being constructed, only inventory components that can be redeployed for alternative use are being capitalized. The balance of costs incurred are being expensed as generation cost of revenues. In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022, the Company made the decision not to proceed with development of the 7.4 MW and 1.0 MW Hartford projects given the then current economic profile of these projects. As a result, the Company recorded a $0.8 million impairment charge. The Company intends to seek modifications to the PPAs relating to these projects, however, there can be no assurance that such modifications will be acceptable to the counterparties (Eversource and United Illuminating) or approved by Connecticut regulators. ​ Fiscal Year 2021 Impairment Charges In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021, the Company recorded project asset impairment charges for (i) the Triangle Street Project, (ii) the LIPA Brookhaven and Clare Rose Projects, and (iii) the Toyota Project, which are further described as follows:
i. |  | Impairment charge for the Triangle Street Project: In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021, based upon the carrying value of the components that can be removed and utilized to service similar project assets and due to the uncertainty as to whether the project asset will generate further cash flows, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $0.4 million. The remaining carrying value was $5.6 million as of October 31, 2021.
ii. |  | Impairment charge for the LIPA Brookhaven and Clare Rose Projects: As previously reported, in July 2017, the Company was awarded three projects on Long Island, New York totaling 39.8 MW by the Long Island Power Authority (“LIPA”). In December 2018, the Company executed a power purchase agreement for one of the three awards (a 7.4 MW project in Yaphank, Long Island). The other two awards, for which there are no executed power purchase agreements (and which are referred to herein as the LIPA Brookhaven and Clare Rose Projects), had been progressing through the required interconnect process while the Company worked to find a commercial resolution and enter into such agreements with LIPA. Given the passage of time without a resolution, the Company made a decision to no longer pursue the interconnection process and will no longer pursue development of the LIPA Brookhaven and Clare Rose Projects. As a result of this decision, in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021, the Company recorded a charge of $1.8 million to impair the carrying value of the development costs for these two projects.
iii. |  | Impairment charge for the Toyota Project: A $2.8 million charge was recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021, which represents the carrying value of the project asset less the carrying value of inventory components that could be redeployed for alternative use.
Fiscal Year 2020 Impairment Charges In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020, the Company reviewed the Triangle Street Project and, as a result of output and revenue projections given then-current development plans, recorded an additional impairment charge of $2.4 million. The Triangle Street Project is used by the Company as a development platform for the Company’s advanced applications. Because we use the platform for development activities, generation revenue has been negatively impacted. ​ Impairment charges are recorded as cost of generation revenues in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss. Depreciation expense for project assets was $14.2 million, $13.7 million and $12.9 million for the years ended October 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Project construction costs incurred for long-term project assets are reported as investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The proceeds received from the sale and subsequent leaseback of project assets are classified as “Cash flows from financing activities” within the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and are classified as a finance obligation within “Current portion of long-term debt” and “Long-term debt and other liabilities” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets (refer to Note 10. “Debt” for more information).

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