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BORROWINGS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
BORROWINGS |
Schedule of bank borrowings |
|  | At December 31, 2013 |  | At December 31, 2014 |
|  | $ |  | $ |
Bank borrowings |  |  | 929,904,076 |  |  | 859,812,259 |
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Analysis as: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term |  |  | 588,765,154 |  |  | 655,925,862 |
Long-term, current portion |  |  | 136,449,641 |  |  | 37,201,847 |
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Subtotal for short-term |  |  | 725,214,795 |  |  | 693,127,709 |
Long-term, non-current portion |  |  | 142,653,448 |  |  | 103,611,101 |
Borrowings from non-banking institutions |  |  | 62,035,833 |  |  | 63,073,449 |
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Analysis as: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term |  |  | 53,297,709 |  |  | 14,708,285 |
Long-term, current portion |  |  | — |  |  | 17,676,744 |
Long-term, non-current portion |  |  | 8,738,124 |  |  | 30,688,420 |
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Total |  |  | 929,904,076 |  |  | 859,812,259 |
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Schedule of components of the Company's short-term borrowings |
|  | At December 31, 2013 |  | At December 31, 2014 |
|  | $ |  | $ |
Bank borrowings |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term bank borrowings secured by restricted cash |  |  | 69,840,000 |  |  | 120,772,338 |
Short-term bank borrowings secured by inventories |  |  | 32,905,247 |  |  | 35,881,746 |
Short-term bank borrowings guaranteed by Dr. Shawn Qu |  |  | 30,161,927 |  |  | 57,419,443 |
Short-term bank borrowings secured by prepaid land use rights and property, plant and equipment |  |  | 108,781,908 |  |  | 91,270,262 |
Short-term bank borrowings secured by project assets |  |  | 28,035,954 |  |  | 45,148,851 |
Short-term bank borrowings secured by bank notes |  |  | 36,420,800 |  |  | — |
Unsecured short-term borrowings |  |  | 282,619,318 |  |  | 305,433,222 |
Long-term borrowings due within one year |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term borrowings due within one year secured by prepaid land use rights and property, plant and equipment |  |  | 19,926,520 |  |  | 5,033,502 |
Long-term borrowings due within one year secured by project assets |  |  | 49,821,157 |  |  | 586,630 |
Long-term borrowings due within one year secured by restricted cash |  |  | — |  |  | 19,400,000 |
Unsecured long-term borrowings due within one year |  |  | 66,701,964 |  |  | 12,181,715 |
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|  |  | 725,214,795 |  |  | 693,127,709 |
Borrowings from non-banking institutions |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term borrowings due within one year secured by project assets |  |  | — |  |  | 16,149,686 |
Unsecured long-term borrowings due within one year |  |  | — |  |  | 1,527,059 |
Unsecured short-term borrowings |  |  | 53,297,709 |  |  | 14,708,284 |
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|  |  | 53,297,709 |  |  | 32,385,029 |
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Total |  |  | 778,512,504 |  |  | 725,512,738 |
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Schedule of components of the Company's long-term borrowings |
|  | At December 31, 2013 |  | At December 31, 2014 |
|  | $ |  | $ |
Bank borrowings |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unsecured long-term bank borrowings |  |  | 62,664,031 |  |  | 50,162,122 |
Long-term bank borrowings secured by project assets |  |  | 60,589,417 |  |  | 43,748,979 |
Long-term bank borrowings secured by restricted cash |  |  | 19,400,000 |  |  | 9,700,000 |
Borrowings from non-banking institutions |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term borrowings secured by project assets |  |  | 7,590,000 |  |  | 15,219,196 |
Unsecured long-term borrowings |  |  | 1,148,124 |  |  | 15,469.224 |
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Total |  |  | 151,391,572 |  |  | 134,299,521 |
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Schedule of future principal repayment on the long-term borrowings |
2015 |  |  | 54,878,591 |
2016 |  |  | 57,778,769 |
2017 |  |  | 36,450,149 |
2018 |  |  | 7,304,681 |
2019 and thereafter |  |  | 32,765,922 |
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Total |  |  | 189,178,112 |
Less: future principal repayment related to long-term borrowings, current portion |  |  | (54,878,591 | )
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Total long-term portion |  | $ | 134,299,521 |
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Schedule of interest expense |
|  | Years Ended December 31 |
|  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Interest capitalized—project assets |  |  | 4,631,569 |  |  | 17,292,847 |  |  | 10,304,555 |
Interest capitalized—property, plant and equipment |  |  | 670,374 |  |  | 347,791 |  |  | 203,067 |
Interest expense |  |  | 53,304,640 |  |  | 46,244,456 |  |  | 48,905,848 |
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Total interest incurred |  |  | 58,606,583 |  |  | 63,885,094 |  |  | 59,413,470 |
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