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The maximum number of common shares permitted to be issued by an entity's charter and bylaws.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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The number of equity instruments that the holder of the debt instrument would receive if the debt was converted to equity.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt premium.

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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt, classified as current. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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The cash outflow from the repayment of a long-term debt instrument which can be exchanged for a specified amount of another security, typically the entity's common stock, at the option of the issuer or the holder.

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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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Nature of Business, Liquidity, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - (Additional Information) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 18, 2020 USD ($) shares $ / shares	May 01, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 30, 2020 $ / shares
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Current portion of debt			$ 26,064		$ 26,064		$ 337,583
Affiliated entity
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Current portion of debt			$ 0		$ 0		$ 24,683
Sales Revenue, Net \| Customer Concentration Risk \| The Southern Company
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage				56.00%		44.00%
Sales Revenue, Net \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Duke Energy
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			32.00%		32.00%
Sales Revenue, Net \| Customer Concentration Risk \| SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			29.00%	21.00%	32.00%	26.00%
Sales Revenue, Net \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Nextera Energy [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			12.00%
Accounts Receivable \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Costco Wholesale Corporation
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage							19.00%
Accounts Receivable \| Customer Concentration Risk \| The Kraft Group LLC
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage							17.00%
Accounts Receivable \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Kaiser Foundation Hospital
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage						26.00%
Asia Pacific [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net \| Geographic Concentration Risk [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			30.00%	21.00%	33.00%	26.00%
Senior Notes Due 2027 [Member] \| Senior secured notes
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Interest rate percentage		10.25%
Debt face amount		$ 70,000
Convertible Promissory Notes Interest Rate 6% Due December 2020, Recourse, Amendment \| Convertible promissory notes
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Interest rate percentage								10.00%	6.00%
Convertible stock price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 8.00							$ 8.00	$ 11.25
Convertible, number of equity instruments (in shares) \| shares	4,700,000
Debt instrument, unamortized premium	$ 3,400
Additional Convertible Notes \| Convertible debt
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Interest rate percentage								10.00%
Debt face amount								$ 30,000
Convertible Promissory Notes Interest Rate 10% Due December 2021 \| Convertible promissory notes
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Convertible stock price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 8.00
Repayments of convertible debt		70,000
Debt face amount								$ 290,000
Debt due next quarter			$ 70,000		$ 70,000
Convertible Promissory Notes Interest Rate 10% Due December 2021 \| Convertible promissory notes \| Affiliated entity
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Interest rate percentage			10.00%		10.00%			10.00%
Convertible Promissory Notes Interest Rate 10% Due December 2021 \| Convertible debt
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Repayments of convertible debt		$ 70,000
Debt face amount			$ 249,300		$ 249,300
Debt instrument, unamortized premium			$ 14,100		$ 14,100
Convertible Promissory Notes Interest Rate 5% Due December 2020, Recourse \| Convertible promissory notes
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Current portion of debt							$ 36,482
Interest rate percentage			5.00%		5.00%		5.00%	10.00%	5.00%
Convertible stock price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 8.00	$ 38.64
Convertible Promissory Notes Interest Rate 5% Due December 2020, Recourse \| Convertible promissory notes \| Affiliated entity
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Convertible stock price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 38.64
Term Loan due November 2020, Recourse \| Term loan
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Current portion of debt			$ 697		$ 697		$ 1,536
Interest rate percentage			4.00%		4.00%		4.00%
Weighted average interest rate (as a percentage)			4.50%		4.50%		6.30%
Class A common stock
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, authorized (in shares) \| shares			600,000,000		600,000,000		600,000,000
Class B common stock
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock, authorized (in shares) \| shares			600,000,000		600,000,000		600,000,000