Indebtedness - Schedule of Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt, current	$ 28,646	$ 21,529
Long term debt, noncurrent	1,355,383	1,273,416
Long term debt	1,384,029	1,294,945
Unused borrowing capacity	$ 11,221	$ 13,191
Bank line of credit \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	4.98%	4.58%
Bank line of credit \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	5.24%	4.87%
Senior \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	3.90%	3.63%
Senior \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	5.30%	4.69%
Subordinated
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unused borrowing capacity	$ 0	$ 27
Subordinated \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	6.71%	6.36%
Subordinated \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	7.70%	7.13%
Recourse debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt, current	$ 0	$ 0
Long term debt, noncurrent	247,000	247,000
Long term debt	247,000	247,000
Unused borrowing capacity	406	406
Recourse debt \| Bank line of credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt, current	0	0
Long term debt, noncurrent	247,000	247,000
Long term debt	247,000	247,000
Unused borrowing capacity	406	406
Non recourse debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt, current	28,646	21,529
Long term debt, noncurrent	1,108,383	1,026,416
Long term debt	1,137,029	1,047,945
Unused borrowing capacity	10,815	12,785
Non recourse debt \| Senior
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt, current	4,224	3,561
Long term debt, noncurrent	895,755	804,894
Long term debt	899,979	808,455
Unused borrowing capacity	6,413	12,758
Non recourse debt \| Subordinated
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt, current	2,296	4,301
Long term debt, noncurrent	109,936	107,187
Long term debt	112,232	111,488
Non recourse debt \| Securitization Class A
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt, current	3,589	3,534
Long term debt, noncurrent	80,968	82,203
Long term debt	84,557	85,737
Unused borrowing capacity	$ 0	$ 0
Interest rate	4.40%	4.40%
Non recourse debt \| Securitization Class B
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt, current	$ 446	$ 440
Long term debt, noncurrent	9,543	9,644
Long term debt	9,989	10,084
Unused borrowing capacity	$ 0	$ 0
Interest rate	5.38%	5.38%
Non recourse debt \| SREC Loans
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term debt, current	$ 18,091	$ 9,693
Long term debt, noncurrent	12,181	22,488
Long term debt	30,272	32,181
Unused borrowing capacity	$ 4,402	$ 0
Debt, weighted average interest rate	7.41%	7.28%

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

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