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Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Abstract] |
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Cost of revenues consist of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electricity |  | $ | 11,087,214 |  |  | $ | 9,722,210 |
Depreciation |  |  | 5,328,091 |  |  |  | 5,553,423 |
Fuel oil |  |  | 5,434,995 |  |  |  | 4,423,264 |
Employee costs |  |  | 5,127,831 |  |  |  | 5,344,251 |
Cost of plant sales |  |  | 1,059,520 |  |  |  | - |
Maintenance |  |  | 2,481,095 |  |  |  | 2,443,629 |
Retail license royalties |  |  | 1,687,010 |  |  |  | 1,537,879 |
Insurance |  |  | 996,563 |  |  |  | 944,366 |
Materials |  |  | 3,102,533 |  |  |  | 2,836,240 |
Other |  |  | 2,672,718 |  |  |  | 2,563,199 |
|  | $ | 38,977,570 |  |  | $ | 35,368,461 |
General and administrative expenses consist of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Employee costs |  | $ | 8,400,729 |  |  | $ | 8,061,686 |
Insurance |  |  | 751,541 |  |  |  | 734,003 |
Professional fees |  |  | 1,250,634 |  |  |  | 1,375,965 |
Directors’ fees and expenses |  |  | 845,891 |  |  |  | 804,110 |
Depreciation |  |  | 158,404 |  |  |  | 164,025 |
NSC project expenses |  |  | 2,884,213 |  |  |  | 3,011,710 |
Amortization of Intangibles |  |  | 1,340,000 |  |  |  | 1,363,849 |
Other |  |  | 3,078,007 |  |  |  | 3,167,051 |
|  | $ | 18,709,419 |  |  | $ | 18,682,399 |

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