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Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)	1 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	May 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Feb. 29, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	May 30, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity	$ 402,300,000			$ 402,300,000
EZOP
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized debt discount	1,804,000			1,804,000			$ 2,178,000
Repayments of debt	149,300,000
EZOP \| Warehouse credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity	177,300,000			177,300,000
TEPH
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized debt discount	4,518,000			4,518,000			645,000
TEPINV
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized debt discount	2,148,000			2,148,000			2,856,000
Unamortized issuance costs	$ 1,834,000			$ 1,834,000			2,207,000
SEI \| Convertible Senior Notes \| At any time prior to May 14, 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price				115.00%
SEI \| Convertible Senior Notes \| At any time on and after September 23, 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price				110.00%
SEI \| 9.75% convertible senior notes \| Convertible Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt issued		$ 130,000,000.0
Stated interest rate	9.75%	9.75%		9.75%
Issue price percentage		95.00%
Purchase price		$ 123,500,000
Additional principal available to purchase		$ 60,000,000.0
Conversion ratio		0.0740741
Conversion price \| $ / shares		$ 13.50
Redemption period				180 days
Long-term debt	$ 146,600,000			$ 146,600,000
Unamortized debt discount	97,960,000			97,960,000			16,913,000
Unamortized issuance costs	1,158,000			1,158,000			$ 480,000
Carrying amount of equity component	87,600,000			87,600,000
Unamortized issuance costs, equity component	$ 622,000			$ 622,000
SEI \| 9.75% convertible senior notes \| Convertible Senior Notes \| At any time prior to May 14, 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of principal amount redeemed				33.33%
SEI \| 7.75% convertible senior notes \| Convertible Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	7.75%			7.75%			7.75%
Long-term debt exchanged		$ 55,000,000.0
AP4
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized debt discount	$ 0			$ 0			$ 452,000
Unamortized issuance costs	0			0			196,000
Repayments of debt			$ 92,000,000.0
TEPIIH
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized debt discount	0			0			2,219,000
Repayments of debt			226,600,000
LAPH
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized debt discount	171,000			171,000			401,000
Unamortized issuance costs	137,000			137,000			356,000
Repayments of debt			32,000,000.0
SOLI
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Unamortized debt discount	120,000			120,000			0
Unamortized issuance costs	9,415,000			9,415,000			0
SOLI \| SOLI Series 2020-1 Class A \| Solar asset-backed notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt issued			$ 337,100,000
Stated interest rate			3.35%
Discount percent			0.89%
SOLI \| SOLI Series 2020-1 Class B \| Solar asset-backed notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt issued			$ 75,400,000
Stated interest rate			5.54%
Discount percent			0.85%
HELIV
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Unamortized debt discount	956,000			956,000			0
Unamortized issuance costs	4,066,000			4,066,000			$ 0
HELIV \| HELIV Series 2020-A Class A \| Solar loan-backed notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt issued	$ 135,900,000			$ 135,900,000
Stated interest rate	2.98%			2.98%
Discount percent	0.01%
HELIV \| HELIV Series 2020-A Class B \| Solar loan-backed notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of debt issued	$ 22,600,000			$ 22,600,000
Stated interest rate	7.25%			7.25%
Discount percent	4.18%
Revolving credit facility \| TEPH \| Line of credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity	$ 206,500,000			$ 206,500,000
Maximum borrowing capacity	437,500,000	$ 390,000,000.0		$ 437,500,000	$ 200,000,000.0	$ 400,000,000.0
Revolving credit facility \| TEPH \| Line of credit \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				4.15%
Revolving credit facility \| TEPH \| TEPH Class A \| Line of credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate, increase						0.40%
Revolving credit facility \| TEPH \| TEPH Class B \| Line of credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate, increase						0.40%
Revolving credit facility \| TEPINV \| Line of credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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