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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
SEGMENT INFORMATION |
Summary of Company's revenues and gross profit generated from each segment |
|  |  |  | Years Ended December 31, 2014 |
|  | Module Segment |  | Energy Segment |  | Elimination |  | Total |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Net revenues |  |  | 2,034,625,620 |  |  | 1,212,898,642 |  |  | (286,897,652 | ) |  | 2,960,626,610 |
Cost of revenues |  |  | 1,721,474,395 |  |  | 931,761,029 |  |  | (273,602,190 | ) |  | 2,379,633,234 |
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Gross profit |  |  | 313,151,225 |  |  | 281,137,613 |  |  | (13,295,462 | ) |  | 580,993,376 |
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|  |  |  | Years Ended December 31, 2013 |
|  | Module Segment |  | Energy Segment |  | Elimination |  | Total |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Net revenues |  |  | 1,483,751,544 |  |  | 324,253,896 |  |  | (153,649,376 | ) |  | 1,654,356,064 |
Cost of revenues |  |  | 1,298,949,247 |  |  | 233,722,515 |  |  | (154,010,669 | ) |  | 1,378,661,093 |
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Gross profit |  |  | 184,802,297 |  |  | 90,531,381 |  |  | 361,293 |  |  | 275,694,971 |
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|  |  |  | Years Ended December 31, 2012 |
|  | Module Segment |  | Energy Segment |  | Elimination |  | Total |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Net revenues |  |  | 1,374,922,213 |  |  | 56,356,803 |  |  | (136,449,603 | ) |  | 1,294,829,413 |
Cost of revenues |  |  | 1,289,104,683 |  |  | 43,041,635 |  |  | (127,678,335 | ) |  | 1,204,467,983 |
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Gross profit |  |  | 85,817,530 |  |  | 13,315,168 |  |  | (8,771,268 | ) |  | 90,361,430 |
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Summary of the Company's net revenues generated from different geographic locations |
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Europe: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
—Germany |  |  | 422,038,906 |  |  | 72,186,472 |  |  | 137,011,822 |
—United Kingdom |  |  | 28,266,410 |  |  | 32,901,446 |  |  | 59,878,185 |
—France |  |  | 18,726,891 |  |  | 26,405,640 |  |  | 9,990,167 |
—Netherlands |  |  | 21,998,224 |  |  | 12,881,805 |  |  | 9,166,320 |
—Spain |  |  | 71,982,482 |  |  | 16,135,229 |  |  | 1,124,816 |
—Others |  |  | 93,446,815 |  |  | 19,826,057 |  |  | 23,086,978 |
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|  |  | 656,459,728 |  |  | 180,336,649 |  |  | 240,258,288 |
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The Americas: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
—Canada |  |  | 86,327,618 |  |  | 371,840,958 |  |  | 1,182,091,018 |
—United States |  |  | 254,096,258 |  |  | 215,262,233 |  |  | 604,537,140 |
—Others |  |  | 1,828,736 |  |  | 1,175,485 |  |  | 8,861,773 |
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|  |  | 342,252,612 |  |  | 588,278,676 |  |  | 1,795,489,931 |
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Asia and other regions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
—Japan |  |  | 120,248,386 |  |  | 483,787,914 |  |  | 623,691,469 |
—PRC |  |  | 89,120,632 |  |  | 199,663,742 |  |  | 163,657,880 |
—India |  |  | 22,523,243 |  |  | 68,731,110 |  |  | 63,816,728 |
—Singapore |  |  | 969,796 |  |  | 36,743,424 |  |  | 18,021,083 |
—Others |  |  | 63,255,016 |  |  | 96,814,549 |  |  | 55,691,231 |
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|  |  | 296,117,073 |  |  | 885,740,739 |  |  | 924,878,391 |
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Total net revenues |  |  | 1,294,829,413 |  |  | 1,654,356,064 |  |  | 2,960,626,610 |
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Schedule of long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment and project assets by geographic location |
|  | At December 31, 2013 |  | At December 31, 2014 |
|  | $ |  | $ |
PRC |  |  | 441,711,646 |  |  | 438,640,711 |
Canada |  |  | 115,404,304 |  |  | 29,152,090 |
Others |  |  | 11,324,825 |  |  | 70,839,155 |
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Total long-lived assets |  |  | 568,440,775 |  |  | 538,631,956 |
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Summary of the Company's revenues generated from each product |
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Solar power products |  |  | 1,132,767,404 |  |  | 1,143,246,845 |  |  | 1,550,386,288 |
Solar system kits |  |  | 92,624,999 |  |  | 149,767,825 |  |  | 104,214,589 |
Solar power projects |  |  | 55,050,856 |  |  | 292,024,142 |  |  | 891,919,632 |
EPC services |  |  | 658,927 |  |  | 29,878,653 |  |  | 316,571,793 |
Electricity |  |  | 117,938 |  |  | 1,326,761 |  |  | 2,863,053 |
O&M services |  |  | 529,082 |  |  | 1,024,340 |  |  | 1,544,164 |
Others |  |  | 13,080,207 |  |  | 37,087,498 |  |  | 93,127,091 |
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Total net revenues |  |  | 1,294,829,413 |  |  | 1,654,356,064 |  |  | 2,960,626,610 |
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