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SEGMENT INFORMATION | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
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SEGMENT INFORMATION | 24. SEGMENT INFORMATION The Company uses the management approach to determine operating segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Company's chief operating decision maker ("CODM") for making decisions, allocating resources and assessing performance. The Company's CODM has been identified as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, who reviews consolidated and segment results when making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance of the Company. Following the Company's decision to terminate the Yieldco launch and monetize the majority of its solar power projects in operation. In 2016, the Company operates its business in two principal reportable business segments, i.e., module segment and energy segment. The prior year segment information has been restated to conform to the current year's presentation. The module segment primarily comprises design, development, manufacture and sales of solar power products and solar system kits. The energy segment primarily comprises solar project development and sale, EPC and development services, O&M services, operating solar projects and sales of electricity. The sales from module segment to energy segment have terms and conditions similar to sales to third parties. The Company's CODM reviews net revenue and gross profit and does not review balance sheet information by segment. The following table summarizes the Company's revenues and gross profit generated from each segment:
|  | Years Ended December 31, 2016 |
|  | Module |  | Energy |  | Elimination |  | Total |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Net revenues |  |  | 2,821,142 |  |  | 110,560 |  |  | (78,624 | ) |  | 2,853,078 |
Cost of revenues |  |  | 2,426,618 |  |  | 69,544 |  |  | (60,272 | ) |  | 2,435,890 |
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Gross profit |  |  | 394,524 |  |  | 41,016 |  |  | (18,352 | ) |  | 417,188 |
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|  | Years Ended December 31, 2015 |
|  | Module |  | Energy |  | Elimination |  | Total |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Net revenues |  |  | 2,672,689 |  |  | 979,247 |  |  | (184,310 | ) |  | 3,467,626 |
Cost of revenues |  |  | 2,277,904 |  |  | 778,951 |  |  | (165,999 | ) |  | 2,890,856 |
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Gross profit |  |  | 394,785 |  |  | 200,296 |  |  | (18,311 | ) |  | 576,770 |
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|  | Years Ended December 31, 2014 |
|  | Module |  | Energy |  | Elimination |  | Total |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Net revenues |  |  | 2,034,626 |  |  | 1,212,899 |  |  | (286,898 | ) |  | 2,960,627 |
Cost of revenues |  |  | 1,721,474 |  |  | 931,761 |  |  | (273,602 | ) |  | 2,379,633 |
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Gross profit |  |  | 313,152 |  |  | 281,138 |  |  | (13,296 | ) |  | 580,994 |
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The following table summarizes the Company's net revenues generated from different geographic locations. The information presented below is based on the location of customers' headquarters:
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Europe and other regions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
—Germany |  |  | 137,012 |  |  | 75,912 |  |  | 132,185 |
—United Kingdom |  |  | 59,878 |  |  | 98,800 |  |  | 73,274 |
—Netherlands |  |  | 9,166 |  |  | 12,859 |  |  | 36,732 |
—Australia |  |  | 18,100 |  |  | 18,150 |  |  | 33,634 |
—France |  |  | 9,990 |  |  | 97,398 |  |  | 23,552 |
—Spain |  |  | 1,125 |  |  | 8,246 |  |  | 22,516 |
—Others |  |  | 24,774 |  |  | 22,018 |  |  | 89,272 |
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|  |  | 260,045 |  |  | 333,383 |  |  | 411,165 |
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The Americas: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
—United States |  |  | 604,537 |  |  | 903,748 |  |  | 863,500 |
—Canada |  |  | 1,182,091 |  |  | 747,100 |  |  | 193,790 |
—Others |  |  | 8,862 |  |  | 99,152 |  |  | 46,219 |
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|  |  | 1,795,490 |  |  | 1,750,000 |  |  | 1,103,509 |
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Asia: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
—PRC |  |  | 163,658 |  |  | 402,180 |  |  | 585,296 |
—Japan |  |  | 623,692 |  |  | 578,173 |  |  | 373,396 |
—India |  |  | 63,817 |  |  | 262,536 |  |  | 292,234 |
—Singapore |  |  | 18,021 |  |  | 24,131 |  |  | 7,615 |
—Others |  |  | 35,904 |  |  | 117,223 |  |  | 79,863 |
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|  |  | 905,092 |  |  | 1,384,243 |  |  | 1,338,404 |
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Total net revenues |  |  | 2,960,627 |  |  | 3,467,626 |  |  | 2,853,078 |
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The following table summarizes the Company's long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment, non-current project assets, solar power systems, prepaid land use rights and intangible assets at December 31, 2015 and 2016 by geographic region, based on the physical location of the assets:
|  | At December 31, 2015 |  | At December 31, 2016 |
|  | $ |  | $ |
PRC |  |  | 412,583 |  |  | 434,989 |
Japan |  |  | 172,318 |  |  | 167,465 |
United States |  |  | 627,724 |  |  | 67,652 |
Canada |  |  | 300,482 |  |  | 7,308 |
United Kingdom |  |  | 115,797 |  |  | — |
Others |  |  | 13,433 |  |  | 136,457 |
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Total long-lived assets |  |  | 1,642,337 |  |  | 813,871 |
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The following table summarizes the Company's revenues generated from each product or service:
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |
|  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |
Solar power products |  |  | 1,550,386 |  |  | 2,303,287 |  |  | 2,573,685 |
Solar system kits |  |  | 104,215 |  |  | 93,406 |  |  | 86,794 |
Solar power projects |  |  | 891,920 |  |  | 557,995 |  |  | 22,665 |
EPC and development services |  |  | 316,572 |  |  | 385,882 |  |  | 11,990 |
Electricity |  |  | 2,863 |  |  | 32,059 |  |  | 68,789 |
O&M services |  |  | 1,544 |  |  | 3,310 |  |  | 4,128 |
Others |  |  | 93,127 |  |  | 91,687 |  |  | 85,027 |
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Total net revenues |  |  | 2,960,627 |  |  | 3,467,626 |  |  | 2,853,078 |
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