Acquisitions - Purchase Price (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | |||
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Oct. 08, 2020 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
Dec. 31, 2019 |
Dec. 31, 2018 |
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| Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||||
| Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares) | 201,406,000 | 118,451,000 | ||
| Common stock, par value (in usd per share) | $ 0.0001 | $ 0.0001 | ||
| Net loss | $ 173,394 | $ (26,335) | $ (26,657) | |
| Vivint Solar | ||||
| Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||||
| Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares) | 126,313,816 | |||
| Exchange ratio | 0.55 | |||
| Number of Sunrun shares issued | 69,472,599 | |||
| Common stock, par value (in usd per share) | $ 70.54 | |||
| Fair value of Sunrun common stock issued | $ 4,900,597 | |||
| Fair value of replacement Sunrun stock options and restricted stock units | 136,919 | |||
| Purchase price | $ 5,037,516 | |||
| Transaction costs | 25,500 | |||
| Revenue | 81,300 | |||
| Net loss | $ 167,700 | |||
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- Definition Business Combination, Consideration Transferred Per Share, Shares No definition available.
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- Definition Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of tangible or intangible assets, including a business or subsidiary of the acquirer transferred by the entity to the former owners of the acquiree. Excludes cash. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Face amount or stated value per share of common stock. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Number of shares of common stock outstanding. Common stock represent the ownership interest in a corporation. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition The portion of profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, which is attributable to the parent. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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