Portfolio Financings - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Jun. 14, 2022 MW	Jun. 13, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 13, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) MW	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Repayment of debt of PPA IIIa								$ 30,212	$ 0
Loss on extinguishment of debt						$ 0	$ 0	4,233	0
Customer financing receivable	[1]					0		0		$ 5,784
Non-current portion of net investment in sales-type leases	[1]					0		0		39,484
Write-off of assets related to PPA IIIa								44,800	0
Depreciation and amortization						15,500		46,182	40,079
Increase in contract assets								567	24,418
Decrease in inventories								(110,797)	(39,953)
Total revenue						292,274	207,228	736,549	629,705
Cost of revenue						241,330	170,345	659,638	500,827
Net cash provided by financing activities								305,211	53,130
Debt extinguishment cost								2,413	0
Electricity
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total revenue						19,002	17,255	56,158	51,273
Cost of revenue						13,029	11,439	83,819	32,913
Product
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total revenue						213,243	128,550	520,415	413,347
Cost of revenue						158,176	93,704	393,337	289,889
Installation
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total revenue						22,682	22,172	48,964	53,710
Cost of revenue						28,333	25,616	57,836	66,756
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Customer financing receivable						0		0		5,784
Non-current portion of net investment in sales-type leases						0		0		39,484
Property, plant and equipment, net						208,208		$ 208,208		$ 228,546
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | PPA Company IIIA
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Energy servers power | MW		9.8						9.8
Repayment of debt of PPA IIIa					$ 30,600
Loss on extinguishment of debt					4,200
Write-off of debt discount					1,800
Make-whole payment					$ 2,400
Net cash provided by financing activities								$ 32,600
Repayments of debt								30,200
Debt extinguishment cost								2,400
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | PPA Company IIIA | PPA 3A Upgrade
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Repayment of debt of PPA IIIa								30,600
Loss on extinguishment of debt								4,200
Cash and cash equivalents decrease from project				$ 17,700
Cash receipts from sale of energy								54,700
Customer financing receivable						5,900		5,900
Non-current portion of net investment in sales-type leases						36,900		36,900
Property, plant and equipment, net						2,200		2,200
Write-off of assets related to PPA IIIa								44,800
Depreciation and amortization								200
Estimated depreciable life		6 months	15 years
Increase in contract assets				5,000
Decrease in inventories								24,100
Increase in other liabilities				$ 4,700
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | PPA Company IIIA | Electricity | PPA 3A Upgrade
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Write-off of assets related to PPA IIIa								44,800
Depreciation and amortization						0		200
Cost of revenue						0		45,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | PPA Company IIIA | Product | PPA 3A Upgrade
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cost of revenue						5,700	21,600
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | PPA Company IIIA | Installation | PPA 3A Upgrade
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total revenue								1,700	$ 2,500
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | PPA Company IIIA | Net Product | PPA 3A Upgrade
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total revenue						12,700	$ 49,600
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | PPA Company IIIA | Net Installation | PPA 3A Upgrade
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total revenue						$ 2,100		$ 3,200
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | PPA Company IIIA | Sale Of Project Company | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Percent interest sold		100.00%

[1] We have variable interest entities related to PPAs, which represent a portion of the consolidated balances recorded within these financial statement line items in the condensed consolidated balance sheets (see Note 11 - Portfolio Financings).