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Credit Facilities - Additional Information (Detail)

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Credit Facilities - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Jan. 31, 2016
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
Credit facility outstanding $ 356,419,000   $ 247,350,000  
Termination of credit facility Jul. 19, 2019      
Issuance costs $ 13,000,000      
Fees for loan agreement description Fees for each Loan Agreement equal to 0.50%, divided by 360, multiplied by the excess of the available borrowing capacity under each component of the credit facility over the actual amount borrowed under such component.      
Default underlying financings 50.00%      
Financing receivables $ 865,000,000      
Debt issuance cost $ 14,000,000      
Qualifying Government and Institutional Loans (G&I Facility) [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
Maximum advances on credit facilities   $ 600,000,000 450,000,000 $ 375,000,000
Qualifying Project Finance Loans (PF Facility) [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
Maximum advances on credit facilities   $ 900,000,000 $ 1,050,000,000 $ 975,000,000
London Interbank Offered Rate LIBOR plus 2.5%      
Floating interest rate 2.50%      
Applicable valuation percentages 67.00%      
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Qualifying Government and Institutional Loans (G&I Facility) [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus 1.5%      
Floating interest rate 1.50%      
Fixed interest rate 1.50%      
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Qualifying Government and Institutional Loans (G&I Facility) [Member] | 1.5% [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
Floating interest rate 1.00%      
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Qualifying Project Finance Loans (PF Facility) [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
Fixed interest rate 2.50%      
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Qualifying Project Finance Loans (PF Facility) [Member] | 1.5% [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
Floating interest rate 1.00%      
Federal Funds Effective Swap Rate [Member] | Qualifying Government and Institutional Loans (G&I Facility) [Member] | 1.5% [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
Floating interest rate 0.50%      
Federal Funds Effective Swap Rate [Member] | Qualifying Project Finance Loans (PF Facility) [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
London Interbank Offered Rate Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5%      
Federal Funds Effective Swap Rate [Member] | Qualifying Project Finance Loans (PF Facility) [Member] | 1.5% [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
Floating interest rate 0.50%      
Residential Solar Loan [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
Financing receivables $ 84,000,000      
Credit Default Option [Member] | Qualifying Government and Institutional Loans (G&I Facility) [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
London Interbank Offered Rate LIBOR plus 2.50%      
Floating interest rate 2.50%      
Credit Default Option [Member] | Qualifying Project Finance Loans (PF Facility) [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
London Interbank Offered Rate LIBOR plus 5.00%      
Floating interest rate 5.00%      
Loans Payable [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
Short-term loans borrowed $ 50,000,000      
Fixed interest rate 4.80%      
Incremental interest rate 6.80%      
Maturity date 2016-12      
Additional interest rate on debt default 2.00%      
Debt issuance cost $ 500,000      
U.S. Federal Government [Member] | Qualifying Government and Institutional Loans (G&I Facility) [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
Applicable valuation percentages 85.00%      
Institutional [Member] | Qualifying Government and Institutional Loans (G&I Facility) [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
Applicable valuation percentages 80.00%      
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility [Member]        
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]        
Maximum advances on credit facilities $ 1,500,000,000      
Credit facility outstanding $ 500,000,000