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Percentage of U.S. corporate income taxes.

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Amount of gain (loss) from the difference between the sale price or salvage price and the book value of an asset that was sold or retired, and gain (loss) from the write down of assets from their carrying value to fair value.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual)			1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 04, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 04, 2019 CNY (¥)	Dec. 29, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 29, 2018 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 CNY (¥)	Jan. 14, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 14, 2020 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Net Loss					$ (8,772,757)	$ (65,996,898)
Accumulated deficit					(46,447,959)	(37,675,202)
Cash on hand					$ 16,221,297	53,223,142						$ 49,830,243
Accounts receivable, description					The Company had gross accounts receivable of $48.06 million; of which, $35.42 million was for transferring the ownership of Huayu and Shenqiu Phase I and II systems to Mr. Bai; $10.03 million was from the sales of CDQ and a CDQ WHPG system to Zhongtai, and $2.61 million accounts receivable of Erdos TCH for electricity sold. As of December 31, 2018, the Company had accounts receivable of $15,252,162 (from the sales of CDQ and a CDQ WHPG system to Zhongtai, and accounts receivable of Erdos TCH for electricity sold).
Interest receivable on sales type leases					$ 5,245,244	9,336,140
Asset impairment loss					(876,660)	(28,429,789)
Bad debt allowance for net investment receivable					$ 24,416,442	$ 29,276,658
Description of corporate income tax rate					Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing authority
U.S. corporate income taxes						21.00%	21.00%
Ownership percentage, description					1) Erdos TCH Energy Saving Development Co., Ltd ("Erdos TCH"), 100% owned by Xi'an TCH (See note 1), 2) Zhonghong, 90% owned by Xi'an TCH and 10% owned by Shanghai TCH, and 3) Zhongxun, 100% owned by Xi'an TCH.
Shares purchasable under warrants and option					$ 406,764	$ 213,304
Right use of assets, description					The Company recognized total Right of Use Asset ("ROU") of $116,917, with corresponding liabilities of $116,917 on the consolidated balance sheets.
Right of Use Asset					$ 54,078
Net investment in sales-type leases					8,287,560	24,962,056
Forecast [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Cash on hand								$ 46,960,000
RMB [Member] \| Forecast [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Cash on hand \| ¥									¥ 327,600,000
Xuzhou Tian’an [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Asset impairment loss						13,776,701
Fair value of transfered amount					876,660	25,580,000
Xuzhou Tian’an [Member] \| RMB [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Fair value of transfered amount \| ¥							¥ 172,250,000
Shenqiu systems [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Bad debt allowance for net investment receivable					7,274,872
Pucheng systems [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Bad debt allowance for net investment receivable					22,071,360
Pucheng systems [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Bad debt allowance for net investment receivable										$ 97,600,000
Pucheng systems [Member] \| RMB [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Bad debt allowance for net investment receivable \| ¥											¥ 14,000,000
Xuzhou Huayu [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Asset impairment loss						6,528,120
Fair value of transfered amount	$ 17,520,000		$ 27,540,000
Xuzhou Huayu [Member] \| RMB [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Fair value of transfered amount \| ¥		¥ 120,000,000		¥ 188,639,400
Chengli [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Asset impairment loss						8,124,968
Zhongtai [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Bad debt allowance for net investment receivable					5,733,781	$ 3,496,911
Erdos TCH [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Bad debt allowance for net investment receivable					$ 261,430