HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Nonrecourse Debt - Additional Information (Detail)

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Nonrecourse Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Nonrecourse Asset-Backed Loan Agreement			$ 197,694	$ 208,246
Cost on issuance of Notes			$ 11,000
Joint Ventures [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ownership percentage			50.00%
Asset-Backed Nonrecourse Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Nonrecourse Asset-Backed Loan Agreement		$ 100,000
Nonrecourse Asset-Backed Loan Agreement, interest rate		2.79%
Nonrecourse Asset-Backed Loan Agreement, maturity period			2019-12
Outstanding Notes			$ 89,000	92,000
Amount of financing receivables pledged for Asset-Backed Notes			$ 103,000	104,000
Anticipated debt balance at maturity		$ 57,000
Prepayment penalty, maturity date			2018-12
Make whole payment discount rate		0.50%
Asset-Backed Nonrecourse Loan Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Nonrecourse Asset-Backed Loan Agreement	$ 115,000
Nonrecourse Asset-Backed Loan Agreement, interest rate	5.74%
Nonrecourse Asset-Backed Loan Agreement, maturity period			2021-09
Percentage of minimum principal payment amount			Minimum principal payment amount equal to one-half percent (0.5%) of the principal amount of the loan plus additional principal payments based on available cash flow and a target debt balance.
Repayment of remaining debt balance in 2021	$ 17,000
Default interest rate on debt in an event of default	7.74%
Cost on issuance of Notes	$ 2,000
Asset-Backed Nonrecourse Loan Agreement [Member] \| Ha Wind LLC [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	100.00%
Asset-Backed Nonrecourse Loan Agreement [Member] \| Joint Ventures [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	50.00%
Other Nonrecourse Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount of financing receivables pledged for Asset-Backed Notes			$ 104,000	$ 108,000

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