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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
SEGMENT INFORMATION |
Summary of 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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Summary of the Company's net revenues generated from different geographic locations |
|  | 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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Schedule of long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment, non-current project assets, solar power systems, prepaid land use rights and intangible assets by geographic region |
|  | 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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Summary of 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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