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BORROWINGS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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