SUNation Energy, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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

Subsequent Events (Narrative) (Details)

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Subsequent Events (Narrative) (Details)		12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Narrative) (Details)	Aug. 02, 2021 USD ($) employee item shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares	Aug. 01, 2021 shares	Jun. 30, 2021 shares
Subsequent Events [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale		$ 8,900,000
Number of options outstanding \| shares		1,173,190		1,069,925
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Lantronix [Member]
Subsequent Events [Line Items]
Number of former employees hired \| employee	63
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale [Member] \| E&S Sale Transaction [Member]
Subsequent Events [Line Items]
Severance payments	$ 1,250,000
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale [Member] \| E&S Sale Transaction [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Events [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale	24,160,000
Sale price	$ 25,027,566
Earnout contingency, number of successive intervals required after closing \| item	2
Earnout contingency, successive interval period	180 days
Number of employees terminated \| employee	75
Non-cash charge relating to acceleration and settlement of outstanding equity awards	$ 325,000
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale [Member] \| E&S Sale Transaction [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Events [Line Items]
Contingent earnout receivable	$ 7,000,000.0
Service agreement period	12 months
2011 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan [Member]
Subsequent Events [Line Items]
Number of options outstanding \| shares				1,168,630
2011 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Events [Line Items]
Number of options outstanding \| shares	0		995,530
2011 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Subsequent Events [Line Items]
Number of awards outstanding \| shares	0		98,705

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