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Discontinued Operations (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Related to Discontinued Operations | Assets and liabilities related to the discontinued operations of GridSense are as follows:
|  | As of |
|  | September 30, 2016 |  |  | December 31, 2015 |
Cash |  | $ | 396 |  |  | $ | 48 |
Other current assets and non-current assets |  |  | 100 |  |  |  | 1,060 |
Total assets |  | $ | 496 |  |  | $ | 1,108 |
Short-term bank credit |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 138 |
Accounts payable |  |  | 619 |  |  |  | 950 |
Accrued payroll, payroll taxes and social benefits |  |  | 90 |  |  |  | 186 |
Other current and non-current liabilities |  |  | 509 |  |  |  | 572 |
Total liabilities |  | $ | 1,218 |  |  | $ | 1,846 |
GridSense's Operations [Member] |
Schedule of Financial Information | Selected financial information for GridSense’s operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 are presented below:
|  | Three months ended September 30, |  |  | Nine months ended September 30, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Revenue |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 374 |  |  | $ | 212 |  |  | $ | 1,984 |
Gross profit |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | (392 | ) |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | (119 | )
Net income (loss) |  | $ | 1,187 |  |  | $ | (1,584 | ) |  | $ | (423 | ) |  | $ | (3,478 | )
USSI's Operations [Member] |
Schedule of Financial Information | Selected financial information for USSI’s operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 is presented below:
|  | Three months ended September 30, 2015 |  |  | Nine months ended September 30, 2015 |
Revenues |  | $ | 84 |  |  | $ | 163 |
Gross profit |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | (68 | )
Net income (loss) |  | $ | 609 |  |  | $ | (772 | )
Loss on deconsolidation |  | $ | (401 | ) |  | $ | (401 | )
Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests |  | $ | (78 | ) |  | $ | 98 |
Net income (loss) attributable to Acorn Energy Inc. |  | $ | 130 |  |  | $ | (1,075 | )

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