Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Current assets:
Cash		$ 206,364	$ 203,864
Restricted cash		11,882	9,203
Accounts receivable (net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $1,166 and $1,641 as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively)		60,258	60,275
State tax credits receivable		13,713	9,198
Inventories		67,326	71,258
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		9,802	5,917
Total current assets		369,345	359,715
Restricted cash		6,117	8,094
Solar energy systems, net		2,629,366	1,992,021
Property and equipment, net		48,471	44,866
Intangible assets, net		18,499	22,705
Goodwill		87,543	87,543
Prepaid tax asset		378,541	190,146
Other assets		34,936	29,502
Total assets	[1]	3,572,818	2,734,592
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		66,018	104,133
Distributions payable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests		10,654	8,144
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		59,261	49,146
Deferred revenue, current portion		70,849	59,726
Deferred grants, current portion		8,011	13,949
Capital lease obligations, current portion		10,015	8,951
Long-term non-recourse debt, current portion		14,153	4,722
Lease pass-through financing obligation, current portion		5,823	3,710
Total current liabilities		244,784	252,481
Deferred revenue, net of current portion		583,401	559,066
Deferred grants, net of current portion		226,893	220,784
Capital lease obligations, net of current portion		12,965	15,042
Recourse debt		244,000	197,000
Long-term non-recourse debt, net of current portion		639,870	333,042
Lease pass-through financing obligation, net of current portion		137,958	153,188
Other liabilities		5,457	7,144
Deferred tax liabilities		415,397	190,146
Total liabilities	[1]	2,510,725	1,927,893
Commitments and contingencies (Note 22)
Redeemable noncontrolling interests		137,907	147,139
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value—authorized, 200,000 shares as of December 31, 2016 and 2015; no shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2016 and 2015
Common stock, $0.0001 par value—authorized, 2,000,000 shares as of December 31, 2016 and 2015; issued and outstanding, 104,321 and 101,282 shares as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively		10	10
Additional paid-in capital		668,076	642,229
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		437	(921)
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)		4,438	(87,249)
Total stockholders’ equity		672,961	554,069
Noncontrolling interests		251,225	105,491
Total equity		924,186	659,560
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and total equity		$ 3,572,818	$ 2,734,592

[1] The Company’s consolidated assets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 include $2,065,232 and $1,363,615, respectively, in assets of variable interest entities, or “VIEs”, that can only be used to settle obligations of the VIEs. Solar energy systems, net, as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 were $1,920,330 and $1,305,420, respectively; cash as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 were $120,728 and $44,407, respectively; restricted cash as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 were $1,680 and $757, respectively; accounts receivable, net as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 were $20,771 and $12,965, respectively; prepaid expenses and other current assets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 were $242 and $66, respectively and other assets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 were $1,481 and $0, respectively. The Company’s consolidated liabilities as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 include $617,011 and $540,464, respectively, in liabilities of VIEs whose creditors have no recourse to the Company. These liabilities include accounts payable as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 of $14,873 and $11,025, respectively; distributions payable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable noncontrolling interests as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 of $10,654 and $8,063, respectively; accrued expenses and other liabilities as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 of $782 and $175, respectively; deferred revenue as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 of $422,685 and $374,736, respectively; deferred grants as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 of $109,034 and $115,726, respectively; and long-term non-recourse debt as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 of $58,983 and $30,739, respectively.