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BORROWINGS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
BORROWINGS |
Schedule of bank borrowings |
|  | At December 31, 2015 |  | At December 31, 2016 |
|  | $ |  | $ |
Bank borrowings |  |  | 1,631,858 |  |  | 1,960,893 |
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Analysis as: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term |  |  | 961,639 |  |  | 902,348 |
Long-term, current portion |  |  | 107,392 |  |  | 675,857 |
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Subtotal for short-term |  |  | 1,069,031 |  |  | 1,578,205 |
Long-term, non-current portion |  |  | 562,827 |  |  | 382,688 |
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Borrowings from non-banking institutions |  |  | 131,295 |  |  | 132,595 |
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Analysis as: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term |  |  | 53,899 |  |  | — |
Long-term, current portion |  |  | 33,646 |  |  | 21,828 |
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Subtotal for short-term |  |  | 87,545 |  |  | 21,828 |
Long-term, non-current portion |  |  | 43,750 |  |  | 110,767 |
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Total |  |  | 1,763,153 |  |  | 2,093,488 |
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Schedule of the Company's short-term borrowings |
|  | At December 31, 2015 |  | At December 31, 2016 |
|  | $ |  | $ |
Bank borrowings |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term bank borrowings secured by restricted cash |  |  | 139,412 |  |  | 266,685 |
Short-term bank borrowings secured by inventories |  |  | 12,926 |  |  | 46,408 |
Short-term bank borrowings secured by prepaid land use rights and property, plant and equipment |  |  | 302,379 |  |  | 211,263 |
Short-term bank borrowings secured by project assets and solar power systems |  |  | 189,222 |  |  | 82,079 |
Short-term borrowings secured by equity |  |  | 76,837 |  |  | — |
Unsecured short-term borrowings |  |  | 240,863 |  |  | 295,913 |
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 |  |  | 13,327 |  |  | 16,919 |
Long-term borrowings due within one year secured by project assets and solar power systems |  |  | 83,264 |  |  | 630,696 |
Long-term bank borrowings due within one year secured by equity |  |  | 308 |  |  | 18,765 |
Unsecured long-term borrowings due within one year |  |  | 10,447 |  |  | 9,477 |
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|  |  | 1,069,031 |  |  | 1,578,205 |
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 |  |  | 32,568 |  |  | 2,640 |
Unsecured long-term borrowings due within one year |  |  | 1,078 |  |  | 19,188 |
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|  |  | 87,545 |  |  | 21,828 |
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Total |  |  | 1,156,576 |  |  | 1,600,033 |
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Schedule of the Company's long-term borrowings |
|  | At December 31, 2015 |  | At December 31, 2016 |
|  | $ |  | $ |
Bank borrowings |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unsecured long-term bank borrowings |  |  | 10,124 |  |  | — |
Long-term bank borrowings secured by project assets and solar power systems |  |  | 162,993 |  |  | 27,100 |
Long-term bank borrowings secured by property, plant and equipment |  |  | 13,327 |  |  | 15,588 |
Long-term bank borrowings secured by equity |  |  | 376,383 |  |  | 340,000 |
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|  |  | 562,827 |  |  | 382,688 |
Borrowings from non-banking institutions |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term borrowings secured by project assets and solar power systems |  |  | 13,745 |  |  | 49,767 |
Unsecured long-term borrowings |  |  | 30,005 |  |  | 61,000 |
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|  |  | 43,750 |  |  | 110,767 |
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Total |  |  | 606,577 |  |  | 493,455 |
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Schedule of future principal repayments on the long-term borrowings |
2017 |  |  | 697,685 |
2018 |  |  | 260,379 |
2019 |  |  | 198,171 |
2020 |  |  | 19,480 |
2021 |  |  | 3,460 |
Thereafter |  |  | 11,965 |
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Total |  |  | 1,191,140 |
Less: future principal repayment related to long-term borrowings, current portion |  |  | (697,685 | )
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Total long-term portion |  | $ | 493,455 |
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Schedule of interest incurred |
|  | Years Ended December 31 |
|  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Interest capitalized—project assets |  |  | 10,304 |  |  | 102 |  |  | 47,881 |
Interest capitalized—solar power systems |  |  | — |  |  | 23,328 |  |  | 3,113 |
Interest capitalized—property, plant and equipment |  |  | 203 |  |  | 912 |  |  | 819 |
Interest expense |  |  | 48,906 |  |  | 54,148 |  |  | 69,723 |
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Total interest incurred |  |  | 59,413 |  |  | 78,490 |  |  | 121,536 |
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