Intellectual Property, Term

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Number of Investments Committing to be Limited Partner

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- Definition

Payments for Royalty Agreement

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Royalty Obligation, Maximum Amount

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Royalty Obligation, Percentage

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The amount of future capital expenditures that the entity is committed to make.

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The cash outflow to acquire interests in joint ventures (other than payments for those instruments considered to be cash equivalents or those held for dealing or trading purposes), classified as investing activities. [Refer: Joint ventures [member]]

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- Definition

The amount of expense arising from royalties.

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Commitments and contingencies (Details) € in Thousands, £ in Thousands, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 EUR (€)	Aug. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2021 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) investment	Dec. 31, 2022 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2022 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2021 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2022 GBP (£) investment	Dec. 31, 2022 EUR (€) investment	Dec. 31, 2022 CAD ($) investment
Disclosure of other provisions [line items]
Number of investments committing \| investment					2						2	2	2
Capital commitments					$ 42,576,000
Royalty related to UTC, revenue obligations
Disclosure of other provisions [line items]
Expiration period (years)					15 years	15 years	15 years
Royalty payments					$ 0			$ 0
Royalty obligation, percentage					2.00%	2.00%	2.00%
Maximum royalty expense					$ 4,613,000								$ 5,351
Royalty expense					$ 0
Royalty of other revenue obligations
Disclosure of other provisions [line items]
Royalty obligation, percentage					2.00%	2.00%	2.00%
Maximum royalty expense					$ 1,896,000								$ 2,200
Royalty expense					0
HyCap Fund
Disclosure of other provisions [line items]
Contributions			$ 9,534,000	£ 7,215		£ 7,215
HyCap Fund \| Initial Contribution
Disclosure of other provisions [line items]
Capital commitments \| £											£ 25,000
Contributions					1,924,000	£ 1,550		7,610,000	£ 5,665
CleanH2 Fund
Disclosure of other provisions [line items]
Contributions	$ 1,144,000	€ 996					€ 996
CleanH2 Fund \| Initial Contribution
Disclosure of other provisions [line items]
Capital commitments \| €												€ 30,000
Contributions					$ 806,000		€ 696	$ 338,000		€ 300