Note 11 - Notes Payable (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Promissory Notes Payable [Abstract]  
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]
   

December 31,

2013

   

December 31,

2012

 
                 

Note payable to a turbine supplier, including interest at 6%, payable solely through 95% of net cash flows from a wind project; secured by Company’s first secured rights arising out of its Development and Construction Services Agreement with the underlying project. The note payable has been classified as long-term based on estimated payments from project cash flows. Increases in amounts represent accrued interest. See Note 27 for legal proceedings with this supplier.

  $ 3,068,595     $ 2,914,095  
                 

Note payable to a bank with revolving draw feature; $600,000 maximum loan amount subject to borrowing base consisting of 80% of eligible accounts receivable; interest at the Wall Street Journal prime rate plus 2.25% (5.5% at December 31, 2013); due December 2014, interest payable monthly; collateralized by all assets of PEC; guaranteed by Juhl Energy.

    330,000       -  
                 

Note payable to a bank with revolving draw feature; $500,000 maximum loan amount subject to borrowing base consisting of 80% of eligible accounts receivable; interest at the Wall Street Journal prime rate plus 2.25% (5.5% at December 31, 2013); due June 2014, interest payable monthly; collateralized by all assets of JTS; guaranteed by Juhl Energy

    385,963         
                 

Note payable to bank, interest payable monthly at 4.75%, collateralized by certificates of deposit, refinanced in December 2013 into the notes below.

    -       319,380  
                 

Note payable to bank, due December 2018, with interest at 5.75%; payable in monthly installments of $1,354, and balloon payment of $123,000 at maturity collateralized by land and building, rights to payment under leases, and guaranteed by Juhl Energy.

    162,000       -  
                 

Note payable to bank, due December 2018, with interest at 4.75%; payable in monthly installments of $1,354, collateralized by restricted short term investments.

    87,671       -  

Total Notes Payable

    4,034,229       3,233,475  

Less current portion

    (910,612 )     (234,807 )

Long-term portion

  $ 3,123,617     $ 2,998,668  
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

For the Year ended December 31,

       
         

2014

  $ 910,612  

2015

    196,228  

2016

    196,968  

2017

    176,940  

2018

    289,836  

Thereafter

    2,263,645  

Total

  $ 4,034,229