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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET |
Schedule of components of property, plant and equipment, net |
|  | At December 31, 2013 |  | At December 31, 2014 |
|  | $ |  | $ |
Buildings |  |  | 179,807,928 |  |  | 182,888,575 |
Solar power systems |  |  | — |  |  | 75,344,514 |
Leasehold improvements |  |  | 5,790,852 |  |  | 6,848,620 |
Machinery |  |  | 456,349,087 |  |  | 459,271,771 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment |  |  | 36,549,260 |  |  | 36,526,271 |
Motor vehicles |  |  | 2,954,325 |  |  | 3,365,166 |
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|  |  | 681,451,452 |  |  | 764,244,917 |
Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (283,885,686 | ) |  | (349,315,817 | )
Impairment |  |  | (3,675,254 | ) |  | (1,604,737 | )
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|  |  | 393,890,512 |  |  | 413,324,363 |
Construction in process |  |  | 13,714,467 |  |  | 56,024,846 |
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Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  | 407,604,979 |  |  | 469,349,209 |
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