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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions
Our operations included the following related party transactions (in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
 
2020
 
2019
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue from related parties
 
$
1,049

 
$
813

Interest expense to related parties
 
1,366

 
1,612


Bloom Energy Japan Limited
In May 2013, we entered into a joint venture with Softbank Corp., which is accounted for as an equity method investment. Under this arrangement, we sell Energy Servers and provide maintenance services to the joint venture. For the quarter ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, we recognized related party total revenue of $1.0 million and $0.8 million, respectively. Accounts receivable from this joint venture was $0.4 million as of March 31, 2020 and $2.7 million as of December 31, 2019.
Debt to Related Parties
The following is a summary of our debt and convertible notes from investors considered to be related parties as of March 31, 2020 (in thousands):
 
 
Unpaid
Principal
Balance
 
Net Carrying Value
 
 
 
Current
 
Long-
Term
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Recourse debt from related parties:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10% convertible promissory notes due December 2021 from related parties
 
$
50,801

 
$

 
$
52,786

 
$
52,786

Non-recourse debt from related parties:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7.5% term loan due September 2028 from related parties
 
36,232

 
2,439

 
30,597

 
33,036

Total debt from related parties
 
$
87,033

 
$
2,439

 
$
83,383

 
$
85,822

The following is a summary of our debt and convertible notes from investors considered to be related parties as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands):
 
 
Unpaid
Principal
Balance
 
Net Carrying Value
 
 
 
Current
 
Long-
Term
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Recourse debt from related parties:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6% convertible promissory notes due December 2020 from related parties
 
$
20,801

 
$
20,801

 
$

 
$
20,801

Non-recourse debt from related parties:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7.5% term loan due September 2028 from related parties
 
38,337

 
3,882

 
31,088

 
34,970

Total debt from related parties
 
$
59,138

 
$
24,683

 
$
31,088

 
$
55,771


In November 2019, one related party note holder exchanged $6.9 million of their 6% Convertible Notes at the conversion price of $11.25 per share into 616,302 shares of common stock. On March 31, 2020, we issued $30.0 million new 10% Convertible Notes to two related party note holders. We repaid $2.1 million and $0.8 million of the non-recourse 7.5% term loan principal balance in the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and we paid $0.7 million and $0.8 million of interest in the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. See Note 7, Outstanding Loans and Security Agreements for additional information on our debt facilities.