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Related Party Transactions, Ownership in Reporting Entity by Related Party

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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-Publisher FASB
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Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting period.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2014	Feb. 27, 2012	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2016
5 Elements Global Advisors
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership in reporting entity by related party							2.60%
5 Elements Efficiencies (BVI) Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership in reporting entity by related party							2.50%
5 Elements Efficiencies (BVI) Ltd. \| Yeh-Mei Cheng
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership interest	50.00%
Communal
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership in reporting entity by related party	5.00%
Related party transaction, term of agreement		60 months
Amount paid					$ 425	$ 523
Recorded expense			$ 226	$ 226	$ 226
Communal \| 5 Elements Efficiencies (BVI) Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership interest	50.00%