Balance Sheet Components - Schedule of Current Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Nov. 30, 2017	Nov. 30, 2016
Accounts payable and other current liabilities
Trade and accrued accounts payable		$ 2,044	$ 1,089
Related party payable		1,047	20,653
System output performance warranty		45	196
Residential lease system repairs accrual		158	331
Other short-term liabilities		1,100	1,502
Accounts payable and other current liabilities, Total	[1]	4,394	23,771
Accounts payable to related parties associated			100
Solar Energy System Performance Warranty
Accounts payable and other current liabilities
Accounts payable and other current liabilities, Total			200
SunPower | Solar Energy System Performance Warranty
Accounts payable and other current liabilities
Accounts payable and other current liabilities, Total		200	300
SunPower | Kern Phase 1(a)
Accounts payable and other current liabilities
Accrued distributions to tax equity investors			19,500
Tax equity investors
Accounts payable and other current liabilities
Related party payable		900	1,000
Sponsors
Accounts payable and other current liabilities
Related party payable		$ 100	$ 19,700

[1] The Partnership has related-party balances for transactions made with the Sponsors and tax equity investors. Related-party balances recorded within “Prepaid and other current assets” in the consolidated balance sheets were $0.7 million and $0.9 million as of November 30, 2017 and November 30, 2016, respectively. Related-party balances recorded within “Accounts payable and other current liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheets were $0.1 million and $19.7 million due to Sponsors as of November 30, 2017 and November 30, 2016, respectively, and $0.9 million and $1.0 million due to tax equity investors as of November 30, 2017 and November 30, 2016, respectively. Related-party balances recorded within “Short-term debt and financing obligations” and “Long-term debt and financing obligations” in the consolidated balance sheets were $2.2 million and $47.4 million, respectively, as of November 30, 2017, and $2.0 million and zero, respectively, as of November 30, 2016