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Investments - Co-Investment Agreement (Details) € in Millions		1 Months Ended
	Dec. 15, 2021	Oct. 31, 2022 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 07, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 05, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 05, 2021 EUR (€)
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Investments in equity securities \| $			$ 66,900,000	$ 77,800,000
Hy24
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Management assets							€ 114,000.0
Investment term (in years)	12 years
Hy24 \| Maximum \| Forecast \| Subsequent Event
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Aggregate capital commitments		€ 2,000.0
Capital Commitment Condition One \| Hy24
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Aggregate capital commitments (in percent)	15.00%
Capital Commitment Condition Two \| Hy24
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Aggregate capital commitments (in percent)	20.00%
Class A1 \| Capital Commitment Condition One \| Hy24
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Investment Interest Rate	7.00%
Class A1 \| Capital Commitment Condition Two \| Hy24
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Investment Interest Rate	6.50%
Hy24
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Investments in equity securities						$ 1,500,000	1.5
Unfunded commitment							€ 48.5
Corporate Joint Venture \| HTEC \| Common Stock
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Right of refusal compensation percentage (percent)					102.00%
Closing through third anniversary \| Corporate Joint Venture \| HTEC
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Put option internal rate of return (percent)					10.00%
Closing through third anniversary \| Corporate Joint Venture \| HTEC \| Common Stock
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Invested capital multiple rate					1.65
Closing through third anniversary \| ISQ \| Corporate Joint Venture
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Shareholder distribution threshold \| $					$ 900,000,000.0
After third anniversary \| Corporate Joint Venture \| HTEC
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Put option internal rate of return (percent)					12.50%
After third anniversary \| Corporate Joint Venture \| HTEC \| Common Stock
Debt and Equity Securities, FV-NI
Percentage of shares callable upon exercise of call option (percent)					20.00%