Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders Equity (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	SunPower	First Solar	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest SunPower	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest First Solar	Investment Prior to IPO	Investment Prior to IPO SunPower	Investment Prior to IPO First Solar	Accumulated Earnings	Accumulated Earnings SunPower	Accumulated Earnings First Solar	Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) SunPower	Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) First Solar	Total Shareholders Equity	Total Shareholders Equity SunPower	Total Shareholders Equity First Solar	Noncontrolling Interest	Noncontrolling Interest SunPower	Noncontrolling Interest First Solar	Class A shares	Class A shares SunPower	Class A shares First Solar	Class B shares	Class B shares SunPower	Class B shares First Solar
Beginning Balance at Dec. 28, 2014	$ 127,510						$ 130,666			$ 0			$ (3,156)			$ 0			$ 0			$ 0			$ 0
Beginning Balance at Dec. 28, 2014	0
Beginning Balance, shares at Dec. 28, 2014																						0			0
Predecessor loss prior to IPO	(20,095)			$ 0			(20,095)			0			0			0			0			$ 0			$ 0
Contributions from SunPower	337,794			0			337,794			0			0			0			0			0			0
Distributions to SunPower	(3,163)			0			(3,163)			0			0			0			0			0			0
Net change in unrealized loss on cash flow hedges	3,156			0			0			0			3,156			0			0			0			0
Ending Balance at Jun. 24, 2015	445,202						445,202			0			0			0			0			$ 0			$ 0
Beginning Balance at Jun. 24, 2015	0
Ending Balance, shares at Jun. 24, 2015																						0			0
Issuance by OpCo of OpCo common units,subordinated units and Incentive Distribution Rights("IDRs") for contribution of SunPower ProjectEntities		$ 0			$ 0			$ (493,790)			$ 0			$ 0			$ 0			$ 493,790			$ 0			$ 0
Predecessor's liabilities assumed		48,588			0			48,588			0			0			0			0			0			0
Noncontrolling interests obtained through acquisition			$ 408,820			$ 0			$ 0			$ 0			$ 0			$ 0			$ 408,820			$ 0			$ 0
Contributions from noncontrolling interests - tax equity investors	25,638			178,079			0			0			0			0			25,638			$ 0			$ 0
Distribution to Sponsors	(857,904)			0			0			0			0			0			(857,904)			0			0
Issuance of Class shares, value	392,636	0	$ 0	0	0	$ 0	0	0	$ 0	0	0	$ 0	0	0	$ 0	392,636	0	$ 0	0	0	$ 0	$ 392,636	$ 0	$ 0	0	$ 0	$ 0
Issuance of Class shares, shares																						20,000,000	0	0		28,883,075	22,116,925
Share-based compensation, Value	112			0						0			0			112			0			$ 112			0
Share-based compensation, Shares																						7,281
Contributions from SunPower	58,026			0			0			0			0			0			58,026			$ 0			0
Cash distributions to Class A shareholders	(3,146)			0			0			(3,146)			0			(3,146)			0			0			0
Net income (loss) subsequent to IPO	84,414			(88,332)			0			18,726			0			18,726			65,688			0			0
Ending Balance at Nov. 30, 2015	602,386									15,580			0			408,328			194,058			$ 392,748			$ 0
Beginning Balance at Nov. 30, 2015	89,747
Ending Balance, shares at Nov. 30, 2015																						20,007,281			51,000,000
Predecessor loss prior to IPO	0
Noncontrolling interests obtained through acquisition	36,802			0			0			0			0			0			36,802			$ 0			$ 0
Cash and accrued distributions to noncontrolling interests - tax equity investors	(2,207)			(2,690)			0			0			0			0			(2,207)			0			0
Share-based compensation, Value	168			0			$ 0			0			$ 0			168			0			$ 168			$ 0
Share-based compensation, Shares							0						0									10,995			0
Contributions from SunPower		$ 9,973			$ 0			$ 0			$ 0			$ 0			$ 0			$ 9,973			$ 0			$ 0
Contributions from tax equity investors	47,209			0			$ 0			0			$ 0			0			47,209			$ 0			$ 0
Cash distributions to Class A shareholders	(13,487)			$ 0			0			(13,487)			0			(13,487)			0			0			0
Net income (loss) subsequent to IPO	8,660
Net income (loss)	(69,433)						0						0
Net income (loss)	78,093						0			22,923			0			22,923			55,170			0			0
Ending Balance at Aug. 31, 2016	758,937						0			$ 25,016			0			$ 417,932			$ 341,005			$ 392,916			$ 0
Beginning Balance at Aug. 31, 2016	$ 17,624						$ 0						$ 0
Ending Balance, shares at Aug. 31, 2016																						20,018,276			51,000,000