| Leases | 9 Months Ended |
| Sep. 30, 2021 |
| Leases [Abstract] | |
| Leases | Leases Facilities, Office Buildings and Vehicles We lease most of our facilities, office buildings and vehicles under operating and finance leases that expire at various dates through February 2036. We lease various manufacturing facilities in Sunnyvale, Fremont and Mountain View, California. Our Sunnyvale manufacturing facility lease was entered into in April 2005 and expires in December 2023. In June 2020 and in March 2021, we signed leases in Fremont that will expire in 2027 and 2036, respectively, to replace our manufacturing facilities in Sunnyvale and Mountain View. These existing plants together comprise approximately 534,894 square feet of space. In June 2021, we extended the lease term for our headquarters in San Jose, California to 2031 and leased two additional floors. We lease additional office space as field offices in the United States and around the world including in China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates. Some of these arrangements have free rent periods or escalating rent payment provisions. We recognize lease cost under such arrangements on a straight-line basis over the life of the leases. For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, rent expense for all occupied facilities was $4.4 million and $2.8 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, rent expense for all occupied facilities was $11.4 million and $6.8 million, respectively. Our leases have lease terms ranging from less than 1 year to 15 years, some of which include options to extend the leases. The lease term is the non-cancelable period of the lease and includes options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that an option will be exercised. Operating and financing lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for facilities, office buildings and vehicles as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows (in thousands): September 30, December 31, 2021 2020 Assets : Operating lease right-of-use assets, net 1, 2 $ 70,055 $ 35,621 Financing lease right-of-use assets, net 2, 3, 4 2,943 334 Total $ 72,998 $ 35,955 Liabilities : Current: Operating lease liabilities $ 6,206 $ 7,899 Financing lease liabilities 5 798 74 Total current lease liabilities 7,004 7,973 Non-current: Operating lease liabilities 78,146 41,849 Financing lease liabilities 6 2,165 267 Total non-current lease liabilities 80,311 42,116 Total lease liabilities $ 87,315 $ 50,089 1 These assets primarily include leases for facilities, office buildings and vehicles. 2 Net of accumulated amortization. 3 These assets primarily include leases for vehicles. 4 Included in property, plant and equipment, net, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, net of accumulated amortization. 5 Included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. 6 Included in other long-term liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The components of our facilities, office buildings and vehicles' lease costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands): Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 2021 2020 2021 2020 Operating lease costs $ 3,925 $ 2,683 $ 10,620 $ 6,280 Financing lease costs: Amortization of financing lease right-of-use assets 214 15 1,096 32 Interest expense for financing lease liabilities 51 4 296 10 Total financing lease costs 265 19 1,392 42 Short-term lease costs 625 131 951 668 Total lease costs $ 4,815 $ 2,833 $ 12,963 $ 6,990 Weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates for our facilities, office buildings and vehicles as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows: September 30, December 31, 2021 2020 Remaining lease term (years): Operating leases 9.3 years 6.7 years Finance leases 3.6 years 4.2 years Discount rate: Operating leases 9.3 % 8.7 % Finance leases 7.6 % 7.0 % Future lease payments under lease agreements for our facilities, office buildings, and vehicles as of September 30, 2021, were as follows (in thousands): Operating Leases Finance Leases Remainder of 2021 $ 3,581 $ 240 2022 13,076 960 2023 14,949 955 2024 13,455 782 2025 13,477 313 Thereafter 79,085 88 Total minimum lease payments 137,623 3,338 Less: amounts representing interest or imputed interest (53,271) (375) Present value of lease liabilities $ 84,352 $ 2,963 Managed Services and Portfolio Financings Through PPA Entities Certain of our customers enter into Managed Services or Portfolio Financings through a PPA Entity to finance their lease of Bloom Energy Servers. Prior to our adoption of ASC 842 as of January 1, 2020, such arrangements with customers that qualified as leases were classified as either sales-type leases or operating leases. For all pre-existing Managed Services Financings or Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities, we have carried over the accounting classifications for those transactions and continue to account for such transactions as either sales-type leases or operating leases under ASC 842. Customer arrangements under Managed Services and Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities entered into after January 1, 2021 do not contain a lease under ASC 842 and are accounted for under ASC 606 as revenue arrangements. Lease agreements under our Managed Services Financings and Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities include non-cancellable lease terms, during which terms the majority of our investment in Energy Servers under lease are typically recovered. We mitigate remaining residual value risk of its Energy Servers through its provision of maintenance on the Energy Servers during the lease term and through insurance whose proceeds are payable in the event of theft, loss, damage, or destruction. Managed Services - Our Managed Services Financings with financiers that result in failed sale-and-leaseback transactions are accounted for as financing transactions. P ayments received from the financier are recognized as financing obligations in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. These financing obligations are included in each agreements' contract value and are recognized as short-term or long-term liabilities based on the estimated payment dates. The lease agreements expire on various dates through 2034. For successful sale-and-leaseback transactions, we recorded right-of-use assets and lease liabilities and recorded lease expense over the lease term. The recognized lease expense has been immaterial. At September 30, 2021, future lease payments under the Managed Services financing obligations and the sublease payments from the customers under the related operating leases were as follows (in thousands): Financing Obligations Sublease Payments 1 Remainder of 2021 $ 10,412 $ (10,412) 2022 42,265 (42,265) 2023 43,223 (43,223) 2024 41,141 (41,141) 2025 40,106 (40,106) Thereafter 90,023 (90,023) Total lease payments 267,170 $ (267,170) Less: imputed interest (154,762) Total lease obligations 112,408 Less: current obligations (14,260) Long-term lease obligations $ 98,148 1 Sublease Payments primarily represents the fees received by the bank from our customer for the electricity generated by our Energy Servers leased under our Managed Services and other similar arrangements, which also pay down our financing obligation to the bank. The long-term financing obligations, as reflected in our condensed consolidated balance sheets, were $456.3 million and $460.0 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The difference between these obligations and the principal obligations in the table above will be offset against the carrying value of the related Energy Servers at the end of the lease and the remainder recognized as a gain at that point. Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities - Customer arrangements entered into prior to January 1, 2020 under Portfolio Financing arrangements through a PPA Entity that qualified as leases are accounted for as either sales-type leases or operating leases. Since January 1, 2020, we have not entered into any new PPAs with customers under such arrangements. The components of our aggregate net investment in sales-type leases under our Portfolio Financings through PPA entities consisted of the following (in thousands): September 30, December 31, 2021 2020 Lease payment receivables, net 1 $ 45,784 $ 49,806 Estimated residual value of leased assets (unguaranteed) 890 890 Net investment in sales-type leases 46,674 50,696 Less: current portion (5,693) (5,428) Non-current portion of net investment in sales-type leases $ 40,981 $ 45,268 1 Net of current estimated credit losses of approximately $0.1 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. As of September 30, 2021, the future scheduled customer payments from sales-type leases were as follows (in thousands): Future minimum lease payments Remainder of 2021 $ 1,494 2022 6,110 2023 6,435 2024 6,797 2025 7,125 Thereafter 19,176 Total undiscounted cash flows 47,137 Less: imputed interest (1,302) Present value of lease payments 1 $ 45,835 1 Amount comprises a current and long-term portion of lease receivables of $5.7 million and $41.0 million, respectively, after giving effect to a $0.1 million current expected credit loss reserve on the long-term portion, which is reflected as a component of the net investment in sales-type leases presented in our condensed consolidated statement of financial position as customer financing receivables. Future estimated operating lease payments we expect to receive from Portfolio Financing arrangements through PPA Entities as of September 30, 2021, were as follows (in thousands): Operating Leases Remainder of 2021 $ 10,850 2022 44,205 2023 45,290 2024 46,533 2025 47,553 Thereafter 264,018 Total lease payments $ 458,449 |
| Leases | Leases Facilities, Office Buildings and Vehicles We lease most of our facilities, office buildings and vehicles under operating and finance leases that expire at various dates through February 2036. We lease various manufacturing facilities in Sunnyvale, Fremont and Mountain View, California. Our Sunnyvale manufacturing facility lease was entered into in April 2005 and expires in December 2023. In June 2020 and in March 2021, we signed leases in Fremont that will expire in 2027 and 2036, respectively, to replace our manufacturing facilities in Sunnyvale and Mountain View. These existing plants together comprise approximately 534,894 square feet of space. In June 2021, we extended the lease term for our headquarters in San Jose, California to 2031 and leased two additional floors. We lease additional office space as field offices in the United States and around the world including in China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates. Some of these arrangements have free rent periods or escalating rent payment provisions. We recognize lease cost under such arrangements on a straight-line basis over the life of the leases. For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, rent expense for all occupied facilities was $4.4 million and $2.8 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, rent expense for all occupied facilities was $11.4 million and $6.8 million, respectively. Our leases have lease terms ranging from less than 1 year to 15 years, some of which include options to extend the leases. The lease term is the non-cancelable period of the lease and includes options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that an option will be exercised. Operating and financing lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for facilities, office buildings and vehicles as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows (in thousands): September 30, December 31, 2021 2020 Assets : Operating lease right-of-use assets, net 1, 2 $ 70,055 $ 35,621 Financing lease right-of-use assets, net 2, 3, 4 2,943 334 Total $ 72,998 $ 35,955 Liabilities : Current: Operating lease liabilities $ 6,206 $ 7,899 Financing lease liabilities 5 798 74 Total current lease liabilities 7,004 7,973 Non-current: Operating lease liabilities 78,146 41,849 Financing lease liabilities 6 2,165 267 Total non-current lease liabilities 80,311 42,116 Total lease liabilities $ 87,315 $ 50,089 1 These assets primarily include leases for facilities, office buildings and vehicles. 2 Net of accumulated amortization. 3 These assets primarily include leases for vehicles. 4 Included in property, plant and equipment, net, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, net of accumulated amortization. 5 Included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. 6 Included in other long-term liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The components of our facilities, office buildings and vehicles' lease costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands): Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 2021 2020 2021 2020 Operating lease costs $ 3,925 $ 2,683 $ 10,620 $ 6,280 Financing lease costs: Amortization of financing lease right-of-use assets 214 15 1,096 32 Interest expense for financing lease liabilities 51 4 296 10 Total financing lease costs 265 19 1,392 42 Short-term lease costs 625 131 951 668 Total lease costs $ 4,815 $ 2,833 $ 12,963 $ 6,990 Weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates for our facilities, office buildings and vehicles as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows: September 30, December 31, 2021 2020 Remaining lease term (years): Operating leases 9.3 years 6.7 years Finance leases 3.6 years 4.2 years Discount rate: Operating leases 9.3 % 8.7 % Finance leases 7.6 % 7.0 % Future lease payments under lease agreements for our facilities, office buildings, and vehicles as of September 30, 2021, were as follows (in thousands): Operating Leases Finance Leases Remainder of 2021 $ 3,581 $ 240 2022 13,076 960 2023 14,949 955 2024 13,455 782 2025 13,477 313 Thereafter 79,085 88 Total minimum lease payments 137,623 3,338 Less: amounts representing interest or imputed interest (53,271) (375) Present value of lease liabilities $ 84,352 $ 2,963 Managed Services and Portfolio Financings Through PPA Entities Certain of our customers enter into Managed Services or Portfolio Financings through a PPA Entity to finance their lease of Bloom Energy Servers. Prior to our adoption of ASC 842 as of January 1, 2020, such arrangements with customers that qualified as leases were classified as either sales-type leases or operating leases. For all pre-existing Managed Services Financings or Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities, we have carried over the accounting classifications for those transactions and continue to account for such transactions as either sales-type leases or operating leases under ASC 842. Customer arrangements under Managed Services and Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities entered into after January 1, 2021 do not contain a lease under ASC 842 and are accounted for under ASC 606 as revenue arrangements. Lease agreements under our Managed Services Financings and Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities include non-cancellable lease terms, during which terms the majority of our investment in Energy Servers under lease are typically recovered. We mitigate remaining residual value risk of its Energy Servers through its provision of maintenance on the Energy Servers during the lease term and through insurance whose proceeds are payable in the event of theft, loss, damage, or destruction. Managed Services - Our Managed Services Financings with financiers that result in failed sale-and-leaseback transactions are accounted for as financing transactions. P ayments received from the financier are recognized as financing obligations in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. These financing obligations are included in each agreements' contract value and are recognized as short-term or long-term liabilities based on the estimated payment dates. The lease agreements expire on various dates through 2034. For successful sale-and-leaseback transactions, we recorded right-of-use assets and lease liabilities and recorded lease expense over the lease term. The recognized lease expense has been immaterial. At September 30, 2021, future lease payments under the Managed Services financing obligations and the sublease payments from the customers under the related operating leases were as follows (in thousands): Financing Obligations Sublease Payments 1 Remainder of 2021 $ 10,412 $ (10,412) 2022 42,265 (42,265) 2023 43,223 (43,223) 2024 41,141 (41,141) 2025 40,106 (40,106) Thereafter 90,023 (90,023) Total lease payments 267,170 $ (267,170) Less: imputed interest (154,762) Total lease obligations 112,408 Less: current obligations (14,260) Long-term lease obligations $ 98,148 1 Sublease Payments primarily represents the fees received by the bank from our customer for the electricity generated by our Energy Servers leased under our Managed Services and other similar arrangements, which also pay down our financing obligation to the bank. The long-term financing obligations, as reflected in our condensed consolidated balance sheets, were $456.3 million and $460.0 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The difference between these obligations and the principal obligations in the table above will be offset against the carrying value of the related Energy Servers at the end of the lease and the remainder recognized as a gain at that point. Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities - Customer arrangements entered into prior to January 1, 2020 under Portfolio Financing arrangements through a PPA Entity that qualified as leases are accounted for as either sales-type leases or operating leases. Since January 1, 2020, we have not entered into any new PPAs with customers under such arrangements. The components of our aggregate net investment in sales-type leases under our Portfolio Financings through PPA entities consisted of the following (in thousands): September 30, December 31, 2021 2020 Lease payment receivables, net 1 $ 45,784 $ 49,806 Estimated residual value of leased assets (unguaranteed) 890 890 Net investment in sales-type leases 46,674 50,696 Less: current portion (5,693) (5,428) Non-current portion of net investment in sales-type leases $ 40,981 $ 45,268 1 Net of current estimated credit losses of approximately $0.1 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. As of September 30, 2021, the future scheduled customer payments from sales-type leases were as follows (in thousands): Future minimum lease payments Remainder of 2021 $ 1,494 2022 6,110 2023 6,435 2024 6,797 2025 7,125 Thereafter 19,176 Total undiscounted cash flows 47,137 Less: imputed interest (1,302) Present value of lease payments 1 $ 45,835 1 Amount comprises a current and long-term portion of lease receivables of $5.7 million and $41.0 million, respectively, after giving effect to a $0.1 million current expected credit loss reserve on the long-term portion, which is reflected as a component of the net investment in sales-type leases presented in our condensed consolidated statement of financial position as customer financing receivables. Future estimated operating lease payments we expect to receive from Portfolio Financing arrangements through PPA Entities as of September 30, 2021, were as follows (in thousands): Operating Leases Remainder of 2021 $ 10,850 2022 44,205 2023 45,290 2024 46,533 2025 47,553 Thereafter 264,018 Total lease payments $ 458,449 |
| Leases | Leases Facilities, Office Buildings and Vehicles We lease most of our facilities, office buildings and vehicles under operating and finance leases that expire at various dates through February 2036. We lease various manufacturing facilities in Sunnyvale, Fremont and Mountain View, California. Our Sunnyvale manufacturing facility lease was entered into in April 2005 and expires in December 2023. In June 2020 and in March 2021, we signed leases in Fremont that will expire in 2027 and 2036, respectively, to replace our manufacturing facilities in Sunnyvale and Mountain View. These existing plants together comprise approximately 534,894 square feet of space. In June 2021, we extended the lease term for our headquarters in San Jose, California to 2031 and leased two additional floors. We lease additional office space as field offices in the United States and around the world including in China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates. Some of these arrangements have free rent periods or escalating rent payment provisions. We recognize lease cost under such arrangements on a straight-line basis over the life of the leases. For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, rent expense for all occupied facilities was $4.4 million and $2.8 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, rent expense for all occupied facilities was $11.4 million and $6.8 million, respectively. Our leases have lease terms ranging from less than 1 year to 15 years, some of which include options to extend the leases. The lease term is the non-cancelable period of the lease and includes options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that an option will be exercised. Operating and financing lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for facilities, office buildings and vehicles as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows (in thousands): September 30, December 31, 2021 2020 Assets : Operating lease right-of-use assets, net 1, 2 $ 70,055 $ 35,621 Financing lease right-of-use assets, net 2, 3, 4 2,943 334 Total $ 72,998 $ 35,955 Liabilities : Current: Operating lease liabilities $ 6,206 $ 7,899 Financing lease liabilities 5 798 74 Total current lease liabilities 7,004 7,973 Non-current: Operating lease liabilities 78,146 41,849 Financing lease liabilities 6 2,165 267 Total non-current lease liabilities 80,311 42,116 Total lease liabilities $ 87,315 $ 50,089 1 These assets primarily include leases for facilities, office buildings and vehicles. 2 Net of accumulated amortization. 3 These assets primarily include leases for vehicles. 4 Included in property, plant and equipment, net, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, net of accumulated amortization. 5 Included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. 6 Included in other long-term liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The components of our facilities, office buildings and vehicles' lease costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands): Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 2021 2020 2021 2020 Operating lease costs $ 3,925 $ 2,683 $ 10,620 $ 6,280 Financing lease costs: Amortization of financing lease right-of-use assets 214 15 1,096 32 Interest expense for financing lease liabilities 51 4 296 10 Total financing lease costs 265 19 1,392 42 Short-term lease costs 625 131 951 668 Total lease costs $ 4,815 $ 2,833 $ 12,963 $ 6,990 Weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates for our facilities, office buildings and vehicles as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows: September 30, December 31, 2021 2020 Remaining lease term (years): Operating leases 9.3 years 6.7 years Finance leases 3.6 years 4.2 years Discount rate: Operating leases 9.3 % 8.7 % Finance leases 7.6 % 7.0 % Future lease payments under lease agreements for our facilities, office buildings, and vehicles as of September 30, 2021, were as follows (in thousands): Operating Leases Finance Leases Remainder of 2021 $ 3,581 $ 240 2022 13,076 960 2023 14,949 955 2024 13,455 782 2025 13,477 313 Thereafter 79,085 88 Total minimum lease payments 137,623 3,338 Less: amounts representing interest or imputed interest (53,271) (375) Present value of lease liabilities $ 84,352 $ 2,963 Managed Services and Portfolio Financings Through PPA Entities Certain of our customers enter into Managed Services or Portfolio Financings through a PPA Entity to finance their lease of Bloom Energy Servers. Prior to our adoption of ASC 842 as of January 1, 2020, such arrangements with customers that qualified as leases were classified as either sales-type leases or operating leases. For all pre-existing Managed Services Financings or Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities, we have carried over the accounting classifications for those transactions and continue to account for such transactions as either sales-type leases or operating leases under ASC 842. Customer arrangements under Managed Services and Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities entered into after January 1, 2021 do not contain a lease under ASC 842 and are accounted for under ASC 606 as revenue arrangements. Lease agreements under our Managed Services Financings and Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities include non-cancellable lease terms, during which terms the majority of our investment in Energy Servers under lease are typically recovered. We mitigate remaining residual value risk of its Energy Servers through its provision of maintenance on the Energy Servers during the lease term and through insurance whose proceeds are payable in the event of theft, loss, damage, or destruction. Managed Services - Our Managed Services Financings with financiers that result in failed sale-and-leaseback transactions are accounted for as financing transactions. P ayments received from the financier are recognized as financing obligations in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. These financing obligations are included in each agreements' contract value and are recognized as short-term or long-term liabilities based on the estimated payment dates. The lease agreements expire on various dates through 2034. For successful sale-and-leaseback transactions, we recorded right-of-use assets and lease liabilities and recorded lease expense over the lease term. The recognized lease expense has been immaterial. At September 30, 2021, future lease payments under the Managed Services financing obligations and the sublease payments from the customers under the related operating leases were as follows (in thousands): Financing Obligations Sublease Payments 1 Remainder of 2021 $ 10,412 $ (10,412) 2022 42,265 (42,265) 2023 43,223 (43,223) 2024 41,141 (41,141) 2025 40,106 (40,106) Thereafter 90,023 (90,023) Total lease payments 267,170 $ (267,170) Less: imputed interest (154,762) Total lease obligations 112,408 Less: current obligations (14,260) Long-term lease obligations $ 98,148 1 Sublease Payments primarily represents the fees received by the bank from our customer for the electricity generated by our Energy Servers leased under our Managed Services and other similar arrangements, which also pay down our financing obligation to the bank. The long-term financing obligations, as reflected in our condensed consolidated balance sheets, were $456.3 million and $460.0 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The difference between these obligations and the principal obligations in the table above will be offset against the carrying value of the related Energy Servers at the end of the lease and the remainder recognized as a gain at that point. Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities - Customer arrangements entered into prior to January 1, 2020 under Portfolio Financing arrangements through a PPA Entity that qualified as leases are accounted for as either sales-type leases or operating leases. Since January 1, 2020, we have not entered into any new PPAs with customers under such arrangements. The components of our aggregate net investment in sales-type leases under our Portfolio Financings through PPA entities consisted of the following (in thousands): September 30, December 31, 2021 2020 Lease payment receivables, net 1 $ 45,784 $ 49,806 Estimated residual value of leased assets (unguaranteed) 890 890 Net investment in sales-type leases 46,674 50,696 Less: current portion (5,693) (5,428) Non-current portion of net investment in sales-type leases $ 40,981 $ 45,268 1 Net of current estimated credit losses of approximately $0.1 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. As of September 30, 2021, the future scheduled customer payments from sales-type leases were as follows (in thousands): Future minimum lease payments Remainder of 2021 $ 1,494 2022 6,110 2023 6,435 2024 6,797 2025 7,125 Thereafter 19,176 Total undiscounted cash flows 47,137 Less: imputed interest (1,302) Present value of lease payments 1 $ 45,835 1 Amount comprises a current and long-term portion of lease receivables of $5.7 million and $41.0 million, respectively, after giving effect to a $0.1 million current expected credit loss reserve on the long-term portion, which is reflected as a component of the net investment in sales-type leases presented in our condensed consolidated statement of financial position as customer financing receivables. Future estimated operating lease payments we expect to receive from Portfolio Financing arrangements through PPA Entities as of September 30, 2021, were as follows (in thousands): Operating Leases Remainder of 2021 $ 10,850 2022 44,205 2023 45,290 2024 46,533 2025 47,553 Thereafter 264,018 Total lease payments $ 458,449 |
| Leases | Leases Facilities, Office Buildings and Vehicles We lease most of our facilities, office buildings and vehicles under operating and finance leases that expire at various dates through February 2036. We lease various manufacturing facilities in Sunnyvale, Fremont and Mountain View, California. Our Sunnyvale manufacturing facility lease was entered into in April 2005 and expires in December 2023. In June 2020 and in March 2021, we signed leases in Fremont that will expire in 2027 and 2036, respectively, to replace our manufacturing facilities in Sunnyvale and Mountain View. These existing plants together comprise approximately 534,894 square feet of space. In June 2021, we extended the lease term for our headquarters in San Jose, California to 2031 and leased two additional floors. We lease additional office space as field offices in the United States and around the world including in China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates. Some of these arrangements have free rent periods or escalating rent payment provisions. We recognize lease cost under such arrangements on a straight-line basis over the life of the leases. For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, rent expense for all occupied facilities was $4.4 million and $2.8 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, rent expense for all occupied facilities was $11.4 million and $6.8 million, respectively. Our leases have lease terms ranging from less than 1 year to 15 years, some of which include options to extend the leases. The lease term is the non-cancelable period of the lease and includes options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that an option will be exercised. Operating and financing lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for facilities, office buildings and vehicles as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows (in thousands): September 30, December 31, 2021 2020 Assets : Operating lease right-of-use assets, net 1, 2 $ 70,055 $ 35,621 Financing lease right-of-use assets, net 2, 3, 4 2,943 334 Total $ 72,998 $ 35,955 Liabilities : Current: Operating lease liabilities $ 6,206 $ 7,899 Financing lease liabilities 5 798 74 Total current lease liabilities 7,004 7,973 Non-current: Operating lease liabilities 78,146 41,849 Financing lease liabilities 6 2,165 267 Total non-current lease liabilities 80,311 42,116 Total lease liabilities $ 87,315 $ 50,089 1 These assets primarily include leases for facilities, office buildings and vehicles. 2 Net of accumulated amortization. 3 These assets primarily include leases for vehicles. 4 Included in property, plant and equipment, net, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, net of accumulated amortization. 5 Included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. 6 Included in other long-term liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The components of our facilities, office buildings and vehicles' lease costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands): Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 2021 2020 2021 2020 Operating lease costs $ 3,925 $ 2,683 $ 10,620 $ 6,280 Financing lease costs: Amortization of financing lease right-of-use assets 214 15 1,096 32 Interest expense for financing lease liabilities 51 4 296 10 Total financing lease costs 265 19 1,392 42 Short-term lease costs 625 131 951 668 Total lease costs $ 4,815 $ 2,833 $ 12,963 $ 6,990 Weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates for our facilities, office buildings and vehicles as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows: September 30, December 31, 2021 2020 Remaining lease term (years): Operating leases 9.3 years 6.7 years Finance leases 3.6 years 4.2 years Discount rate: Operating leases 9.3 % 8.7 % Finance leases 7.6 % 7.0 % Future lease payments under lease agreements for our facilities, office buildings, and vehicles as of September 30, 2021, were as follows (in thousands): Operating Leases Finance Leases Remainder of 2021 $ 3,581 $ 240 2022 13,076 960 2023 14,949 955 2024 13,455 782 2025 13,477 313 Thereafter 79,085 88 Total minimum lease payments 137,623 3,338 Less: amounts representing interest or imputed interest (53,271) (375) Present value of lease liabilities $ 84,352 $ 2,963 Managed Services and Portfolio Financings Through PPA Entities Certain of our customers enter into Managed Services or Portfolio Financings through a PPA Entity to finance their lease of Bloom Energy Servers. Prior to our adoption of ASC 842 as of January 1, 2020, such arrangements with customers that qualified as leases were classified as either sales-type leases or operating leases. For all pre-existing Managed Services Financings or Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities, we have carried over the accounting classifications for those transactions and continue to account for such transactions as either sales-type leases or operating leases under ASC 842. Customer arrangements under Managed Services and Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities entered into after January 1, 2021 do not contain a lease under ASC 842 and are accounted for under ASC 606 as revenue arrangements. Lease agreements under our Managed Services Financings and Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities include non-cancellable lease terms, during which terms the majority of our investment in Energy Servers under lease are typically recovered. We mitigate remaining residual value risk of its Energy Servers through its provision of maintenance on the Energy Servers during the lease term and through insurance whose proceeds are payable in the event of theft, loss, damage, or destruction. Managed Services - Our Managed Services Financings with financiers that result in failed sale-and-leaseback transactions are accounted for as financing transactions. P ayments received from the financier are recognized as financing obligations in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. These financing obligations are included in each agreements' contract value and are recognized as short-term or long-term liabilities based on the estimated payment dates. The lease agreements expire on various dates through 2034. For successful sale-and-leaseback transactions, we recorded right-of-use assets and lease liabilities and recorded lease expense over the lease term. The recognized lease expense has been immaterial. At September 30, 2021, future lease payments under the Managed Services financing obligations and the sublease payments from the customers under the related operating leases were as follows (in thousands): Financing Obligations Sublease Payments 1 Remainder of 2021 $ 10,412 $ (10,412) 2022 42,265 (42,265) 2023 43,223 (43,223) 2024 41,141 (41,141) 2025 40,106 (40,106) Thereafter 90,023 (90,023) Total lease payments 267,170 $ (267,170) Less: imputed interest (154,762) Total lease obligations 112,408 Less: current obligations (14,260) Long-term lease obligations $ 98,148 1 Sublease Payments primarily represents the fees received by the bank from our customer for the electricity generated by our Energy Servers leased under our Managed Services and other similar arrangements, which also pay down our financing obligation to the bank. The long-term financing obligations, as reflected in our condensed consolidated balance sheets, were $456.3 million and $460.0 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The difference between these obligations and the principal obligations in the table above will be offset against the carrying value of the related Energy Servers at the end of the lease and the remainder recognized as a gain at that point. Portfolio Financings through PPA Entities - Customer arrangements entered into prior to January 1, 2020 under Portfolio Financing arrangements through a PPA Entity that qualified as leases are accounted for as either sales-type leases or operating leases. Since January 1, 2020, we have not entered into any new PPAs with customers under such arrangements. The components of our aggregate net investment in sales-type leases under our Portfolio Financings through PPA entities consisted of the following (in thousands): September 30, December 31, 2021 2020 Lease payment receivables, net 1 $ 45,784 $ 49,806 Estimated residual value of leased assets (unguaranteed) 890 890 Net investment in sales-type leases 46,674 50,696 Less: current portion (5,693) (5,428) Non-current portion of net investment in sales-type leases $ 40,981 $ 45,268 1 Net of current estimated credit losses of approximately $0.1 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020. As of September 30, 2021, the future scheduled customer payments from sales-type leases were as follows (in thousands): Future minimum lease payments Remainder of 2021 $ 1,494 2022 6,110 2023 6,435 2024 6,797 2025 7,125 Thereafter 19,176 Total undiscounted cash flows 47,137 Less: imputed interest (1,302) Present value of lease payments 1 $ 45,835 1 Amount comprises a current and long-term portion of lease receivables of $5.7 million and $41.0 million, respectively, after giving effect to a $0.1 million current expected credit loss reserve on the long-term portion, which is reflected as a component of the net investment in sales-type leases presented in our condensed consolidated statement of financial position as customer financing receivables. Future estimated operating lease payments we expect to receive from Portfolio Financing arrangements through PPA Entities as of September 30, 2021, were as follows (in thousands): Operating Leases Remainder of 2021 $ 10,850 2022 44,205 2023 45,290 2024 46,533 2025 47,553 Thereafter 264,018 Total lease payments $ 458,449 |
