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SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Schedule of project assets

		At December 31, 2012
		$
Project assets—Acquisition cost			275,423,447
Project assets—Modules cost			30,721,957
Project assets—Development cost			67,037,602
Project assets—Others			25,964,018
Total Project assets			399,147,024
Current portion			180,436,619
Non-current portion			218,710,405

Schedule of estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment

Buildings		20 years
Leasehold improvements		Over the shorter of the lease term or their estimated useful lives
Machinery		5-10 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		5 years
Motor vehicles		5 years

Schedule of useful life intangible assets

Power purchase agreement		20 years
Technical know-how		10 years
Computer software		1-10 years

Schedule of gross prepayments made to individual suppliers in excess of 10% of total advances to suppliers

		At December 31, 2011			At December 31, 2012
		$			$
Supplier A			—			18,999,361
Supplier B			17,408,593			17,712,192
Supplier C			10,157,248			10,182,165
Supplier D			9,517,110			9,545,172
Supplier E			7,935,350			7,954,817
Supplier F			9,430,646			1,188,507

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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



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