Joint Venture	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]
Joint Venture	JOINT VENTURE On December 28, 2013, the Company entered into a definitive agreement for the establishment of a joint venture with the Government of the Municipal City of Suqian in Jiangsu Province, China (“Suqian”). The agreement covers a multi-faceted, three-phase project. Completion of all three phases would involve an anticipated investment of up to $500 million over 6 years, comprised of equipment, intellectual property and cash funded by Suqian, the Company, and other supporting investors to be brought in by the Company. In the initial phase of the project, the Company and Suqian will form a joint venture entity (“JV”) in which Suqian will inject approximately $4.8 million in cash and have majority interest of 75%. The Company will inject approximately $1.6 million in cash and hold a minority interest of 25%. Later in 2014, Suqian will further inject the balance of the committed $32.5 million while the Company will contribute its proprietary technology and intellectual property, as well as certain equipment from its Colorado facility, thereby increasing the Company's shareholdings progressively up to an 80% ownership. The JV will build a factory to manufacture the Company's proprietary photovoltaic modules. The Company is committed to purchase this factory within the first 5 years at the initial construction cost, and will also purchase Suqian's ownership interest in the JV at a cost of 1.5 times Suqian's cash investment. The implementation of the agreement, including the formation of the JV entity, will be subject to a number of contractual conditions and governmental approvals. Such conditions and approvals must be obtained in the future in order for the Suqian factory to be built and become operational. In December 2013, the Company established a wholly owned legal entity in Singapore (Ascent Solar (Asia) PTE. LTD. "Ascent Asia"). Ascent Asia was established initially to manage the Company's contract manufacturing partners in Asia. In the longer term, this entity will serve as the Company's sales headquarters in Asia, in addition to providing management of regional warehousing operations. Any activity for Ascent Asia will be consolidated into the Company's Balance Sheets, Statements of Operations, Statements of Stockholders' Equity and Statements of Cash Flows.

JOINT VENTURE

On December 28, 2013, the Company entered into a definitive agreement for the establishment of a joint venture with the Government of the Municipal City of Suqian in Jiangsu Province, China (“Suqian”).

The agreement covers a multi-faceted, three-phase project. Completion of all three phases would involve an anticipated investment of up to $500 million over 6 years, comprised of equipment, intellectual property and cash funded by Suqian, the Company, and other supporting investors to be brought in by the Company.

In the initial phase of the project, the Company and Suqian will form a joint venture entity (“JV”) in which Suqian will inject approximately $4.8 million in cash and have majority interest of 75%. The Company will inject approximately $1.6 million in cash and hold a minority interest of 25%. Later in 2014, Suqian will further inject the balance of the committed $32.5 million while the Company will contribute its proprietary technology and intellectual property, as well as certain equipment from its Colorado facility, thereby increasing the Company's shareholdings progressively up to an 80% ownership.

The JV will build a factory to manufacture the Company's proprietary photovoltaic modules. The Company is committed to purchase this factory within the first 5 years at the initial construction cost, and will also purchase Suqian's ownership interest in the JV at a cost of 1.5 times Suqian's cash investment.

The implementation of the agreement, including the formation of the JV entity, will be subject to a number of contractual conditions and governmental approvals. Such conditions and approvals must be obtained in the future in order for the Suqian factory to be built and become operational.

In December 2013, the Company established a wholly owned legal entity in Singapore (Ascent Solar (Asia) PTE. LTD. "Ascent Asia"). Ascent Asia was established initially to manage the Company's contract manufacturing partners in Asia. In the longer term, this entity will serve as the Company's sales headquarters in Asia, in addition to providing management of regional warehousing operations. Any activity for Ascent Asia will be consolidated into the Company's Balance Sheets, Statements of Operations, Statements of Stockholders' Equity and Statements of Cash Flows.