Portfolio Financings - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands					2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Nov. 22, 2022 USD ($) MW	Nov. 02, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 14, 2022 MW	Jun. 13, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) entity MW	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) company	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 01, 2022
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of entities | entity						6
Repayment of debt						$ 100,705	$ 0	$ 0
Loss on extinguishment of debt						8,955	0	12,878
Customer financing receivable	[1]					0	5,784
Customer financing receivable	[1]					0	39,484
Write-off of assets related to PPA IIIa and PPA IV						113,514	0	0
Depreciation and amortization						61,608	53,454	52,279
Inventories						(124,878)	(885)	(33,004)
Contract assets						21,525	21,874	0
Decrease in accounts receivable						(162,864)	8,608	(61,702)
Total revenue						1,199,125	972,176	794,247
Cost of revenue						1,050,837	774,595	628,454
Decrease in net cash provided by financing activities						(211,364)	(306,375)	(176,031)
Repayment of debt - related parties						6,553	0	0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets						(17,590)	1,520	(3,124)
General and administrative						167,740	122,188	107,085
Aggregate purchase price of transaction amount			$ 8,000
Contractual interest expense						53,493	$ 69,025	76,276
Number of investment companies | company							3
PPA Company V
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Interest owns percentage			70.00%						10.00%
Ownership percentage acquired			66.67%
Product
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total revenue						880,664	$ 663,512	518,633
Cost of revenue						616,178	471,654	332,724
Electricity
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total revenue						75,387	68,421	64,094
Cost of revenue						162,057	44,441	46,859
Installation
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total revenue						92,120	96,059	101,887
Cost of revenue						104,111	110,214	116,542
Service
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total revenue						150,954	144,184	109,633
Cost of revenue						168,491	148,286	$ 132,329
PPA Entities
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Customer financing receivable						0	5,784
Customer financing receivable						0	39,484
Property and equipment, net						133,285	$ 228,546
PPA Entities | PPA 3A Upgrade
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Write-off of assets related to PPA IIIa and PPA IV						$ 44,800
PPA Entities | PPA Company 3a
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Energy servers portfolio, power | MW				9.8		9.8
Repayment of debt					$ 30,600
Loss on extinguishment of debt					4,200
Gain on remeasurement of investment					1,800
Make-whole payment					$ 2,400
Decrease in net cash provided by financing activities						$ 32,600
Debt repayment—principal						30,200
Repayment of debt - related parties						2,400
PPA Entities | PPA Company 3a | PPA 3A Upgrade
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Repayment of debt						30,600
Loss on extinguishment of debt						4,200
Payments for upgrade project						29,300
Proceeds from sale of energy servers						66,300
Customer financing receivable						5,900
Customer financing receivable						36,900
Property and equipment, net						2,200
Write-off of assets related to PPA IIIa and PPA IV						44,800
Depreciation and amortization						$ 200
Estimated depreciable life						6 months	15 years
Inventories						$ 25,000
Contract assets						3,400
Decrease in accounts receivable						1,800
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities						3,800
PPA Entities | PPA Company 3a | PPA 3A Upgrade | Product
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total revenue						49,800
Cost of revenue						21,800
PPA Entities | PPA Company 3a | PPA 3A Upgrade | Electricity
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Write-off of assets related to PPA IIIa and PPA IV						44,800
Depreciation and amortization						200
Cost of revenue						45,000
PPA Entities | PPA Company 3a | PPA 3A Upgrade | Installation
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total revenue						4,600
Cost of revenue						3,200
PPA Entities | PPA Company 3a | PPA 3A Upgrade | Service
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total revenue						$ 700
PPA Entities | PPA Company 3a | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Sale Of Project Company
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Percent interest sold		100.00%
PPA Entities | PPA Company 4a
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Energy servers portfolio, power | MW		19.3				19.3
Repayment of debt		$ 70,900
Loss on extinguishment of debt		4,700
Gain on remeasurement of investment		600
Make-whole payment		$ 4,100
Decrease in net cash provided by financing activities						$ 74,600
Debt repayment—principal						70,500
Repayment of debt - related parties						4,100
Payments to acquire equity interest			$ 4,000
PPA Entities | PPA Company 4a | PPA 4A Upgrade
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Repayment of debt						70,900
Loss on extinguishment of debt						4,700
Payments for upgrade project						16,400
Proceeds from sale of energy servers						91,400
Property and equipment, net						64,300
Write-off of assets related to PPA IIIa and PPA IV						64,000
Depreciation and amortization						$ 300
Estimated depreciable life						6 months	15 years
Inventories						$ 37,400
Contract assets						17,900
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities						6,200
Prepaid expenses and other current assets						4,700
General and administrative						4,700
Buyout of equity interest						23,700
PPA Entities | PPA Company 4a | PPA 4A Upgrade | Product
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Total revenue						102,300
Cost of revenue						37,400
PPA Entities | PPA Company 4a | PPA 4A Upgrade | Electricity
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization						300
Total revenue						1,400
Cost of revenue						$ 64,300
PPA Entities | PPA Company 4a | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Sale Of Project Company
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Percent interest sold		100.00%

[1] We have variable interest entities related to PPAs (see Note 11 - Portfolio Financings) and joint venture in the Republic of Korea (see Note 17 - SK ecoplant Strategic Investment), which represent a portion of the consolidated balances recorded within these financial statement line items in the consolidated balance sheets.