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Segment Reporting and Geographic Information - Revenues from Major Customers (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 19,560us-gaap_Revenues	$ 20,288us-gaap_Revenues
Energy & Security Sonar Solutions Segment [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	11,200us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember	11,815us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember
Customer A [Member] | Energy & Security Sonar Solutions Segment [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	284us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember	2,336us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember
Percent of total revenues	1.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember	12.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember
Customer B [Member] | Energy & Security Sonar Solutions Segment [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,940us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerBMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember	2,948us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerBMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember
Percent of total revenues	10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerBMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember	15.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerBMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember
Customer C [Member] | Energy & Security Sonar Solutions Segment [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	3,997us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerCMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember	1,077us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerCMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember
Percent of total revenues	20.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerCMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember	5.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerCMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember
Customer D [Member] | Energy & Security Sonar Solutions Segment [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenues			$ 1,848us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerDMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember	$ 992us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerDMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember
Percent of total revenues			9.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerDMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember	5.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = ACFN_CustomerDMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = ACFN_EnergySecuritySonarSolutionsSegmentMember

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