Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Performance Obligations (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2020 USD ($)
Various Distribution Generation Projects
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percentage of revenue recognized	72.80%
Solar power systems sales and EPC services
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, amount	$ 162.4
Module and component sales
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation, amount	$ 389.1

Amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligation that has not been recognized as revenue.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130556-203045

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