| Cover | Jul. 31, 2020 |
| Document Information [Line Items] | |
| Document Type | 8-K/A |
| Document Period End Date | Jul. 31, 2020 |
| Entity Registrant Name | Enviva Partners, LP |
| Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | DE |
| Entity File Number | 001-37363 |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 46-4097730 |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | 7200 Wisconsin Ave, |
| Entity Address, Address Line Two | Suite 1000 |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 20814 |
| Entity Address, City or Town | Bethesda, |
| Entity Address, State or Province | MD |
| City Area Code | (301) |
| Local Phone Number | 657-5600 |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Common Units |
| Trading Symbol | EVA |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | true |
| Entity Ex Transition Period | true |
| Written Communications | false |
| Soliciting Material | false |
| Pre-commencement Tender Offer | false |
| Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0001592057 |
| Amendment Flag | true |
| Amendment Description | This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (this “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Initial Report to provide financial statements of Georgia Biomass and its wholly owned subsidiary, Enviva Pellets Waycross, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, f.k.a. Georgia Biomass, LLC (“Subsidiary”), and the pro forma financial statements of the Partnership required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K. No other modifications to the Initial Report are being made by this Amendment. |
