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BORROWINGS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
BORROWINGS |
Schedule of bank borrowings |
|  | At December 31, 2014 |  | At December 31, 2015 |
|  | $ |  | $ |
Bank borrowings |  |  | 796,739 |  |  | 1,631,858 |
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Analysis as: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term |  |  | 655,926 |  |  | 961,639 |
Long-term, current portion |  |  | 37,202 |  |  | 107,392 |
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Subtotal for short-term |  |  | 693,128 |  |  | 1,069,031 |
Long-term, non-current portion |  |  | 103,611 |  |  | 562,827 |
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Borrowings from non-banking institutions |  |  | 63,074 |  |  | 131,295 |
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Analysis as: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term |  |  | 14,708 |  |  | 53,899 |
Long-term, current portion |  |  | 17,677 |  |  | 33,646 |
Long-term, non-current portion |  |  | 30,689 |  |  | 43,750 |
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Total |  |  | 859,813 |  |  | 1,763,153 |
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Schedule of components of the Company's short-term borrowings |
|  | At December 31, 2014 |  | At December 31, 2015 |
|  | $ |  | $ |
Bank borrowings |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term bank borrowings secured by restricted cash |  |  | 120,772 |  |  | 139,412 |
Short-term bank borrowings secured by inventories |  |  | 35,882 |  |  | 12,926 |
Short-term bank borrowings guaranteed by Dr. Shawn Qu |  |  | 57,419 |  |  | — |
Short-term bank borrowings secured by prepaid land use rights and property, plant and equipment |  |  | 91,270 |  |  | 302,379 |
Short-term bank borrowings secured by project assets and solar power systems |  |  | 45,149 |  |  | 189,222 |
Short-term borrowings secured by equity |  |  | — |  |  | 76,837 |
Unsecured short-term borrowings |  |  | 305,434 |  |  | 240,863 |
Long-term borrowings due within one year |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term bank borrowings due within one year secured by inventories |  |  | — |  |  | 46 |
Long-term borrowings due within one year secured by prepaid land use rights and property, plant and equipment |  |  | 5,034 |  |  | 13,327 |
Long-term borrowings due within one year secured by project assets and solar power systems |  |  | 587 |  |  | 83,264 |
Long-term borrowings due within one year secured by restricted cash |  |  | 19,400 |  |  | — |
Long-term bank borrowings due within one year secured by equity |  |  | — |  |  | 308 |
Unsecured long-term borrowings due within one year |  |  | 12,181 |  |  | 10,447 |
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|  |  | 693,128 |  |  | 1,069,031 |
Borrowings from non-banking institutions |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term borrowings secured by restricted cash |  |  | — |  |  | 53,899 |
Long-term borrowings due within one year secured by project assets |  |  | 16,150 |  |  | 32,568 |
Unsecured long-term borrowings due within one year |  |  | 1,527 |  |  | 1,078 |
Unsecured short-term borrowings |  |  | 14,708 |  |  | — |
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|  |  | 32,385 |  |  | 87,545 |
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Total |  |  | 725,513 |  |  | 1,156,576 |
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Schedule of components of the Company's long-term borrowings |
|  | At December 31, 2014 |  | At December 31, 2015 |
|  | $ |  | $ |
Bank borrowings |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unsecured long-term bank borrowings |  |  | 50,162 |  |  | 10,124 |
Long-term bank borrowings secured by project assets and solar power systems |  |  | 43,749 |  |  | 162,993 |
Long-term bank borrowings secured by property, plant and equipment |  |  | — |  |  | 13,327 |
Long-term bank borrowings secured by equity |  |  | — |  |  | 376,383 |
Long-term bank borrowings secured by restricted cash |  |  | 9,700 |  |  | — |
Borrowings from non-banking institutions |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Long-term borrowings secured by project assets and solar power systems |  |  | 15,219 |  |  | 13,745 |
Unsecured long-term borrowings |  |  | 15,470 |  |  | 30,005 |
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Total |  |  | 134,300 |  |  | 606,577 |
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Schedule of future principal repayments on the long-term borrowings |
2016 |  |  | 141,038 |
2017 |  |  | 288,081 |
2018 |  |  | 211,557 |
2019 |  |  | 3,696 |
2020 and thereafter |  |  | 103,243 |
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Total |  |  | 747,615 |
Less: future principal repayment related to long-term borrowings, current portion |  |  | (141,038 | )
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Total long-term portion |  | $ | 606,577 |
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Schedule of interest expense |
|  | Years Ended December 31 |
|  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Interest capitalized—project assets |  |  | 17,293 |  |  | 10,304 |  |  | 102 |
Interest capitalized—solar power system |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 23,328 |
Interest capitalized—property, plant and equipment |  |  | 348 |  |  | 203 |  |  | 912 |
Interest expense |  |  | 46,244 |  |  | 48,906 |  |  | 54,148 |
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Total interest incurred |  |  | 63,885 |  |  | 59,413 |  |  | 78,490 |
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