SPI Energy (SPIEF) 10-K31 Mar 152014 FY Annual reportFinancial data

Company Profile

Document_And_Entity_Informatio

Document And Entity Information (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Document And Entity Information (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	Solar Power, Inc.
Document Type	10-K
Current Fiscal Year End Date	-19
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		601,644,944
Entity Public Float			$14,200,000
Amendment Flag	FALSE
Entity Central Index Key	1210618
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Period End Date	31-Dec-14
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY

Consolidated_Balance_Sheets

Consolidated Balance Sheets(USD ($))	Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$156,540		$1,031
Restricted cash	337
Bank deposits with maturity over three months	8,852
Short-term investments	27,354
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $766 and $5,887, respectively	22,654		6,260
Accounts receivable, related party			3,905
Notes receivable			8,450
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts	73,742
Inventories, net	6,975		23
Project assets	73,930	[1]
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	10,930		4,458
Total current assets	381,314		24,127
Intangible assets	560		1,132
Goodwill	66,045
Restricted cash, net of current portion	160		400
Accounts receivable, noncurrent	4,490		12,349
Notes receivable, noncurrent	6,611		13,668
Property, plant and equipment net	106,438		11,752
Project assets , noncurrent	21,265	[1]
Investment in affiliate			7,536
Deferred tax assets,, net	1,024
Total assets	587,907		70,964
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	76,778		3,919
Accounts payable, related party	34,150		50,907
Notes payable	26,707
Accrued liabilities	11,288		741
Income taxes payable	3,648
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts			862
Advance from customers	17,690
Line of credit and loans payable	48,286		4,250
Other current liabilities	33,762
Total current liabilities	252,309		60,679
Financing and capital lease obligations,	10,092		11,730
Convertible bonds	32,575
Deferred tax liability, net	3,680
Other liabilities, noncurrent	27,143		1,422
Total liabilities	325,799		73,831
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholdersâ€™ equity (Deficit):
Common stock, par $0.0001, 1,000,000,000 and 250,000,000 shares authorized, respectively; 568,847,967 and 198,214,456 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	57		20
Additional paid in capital	327,573		53,376
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	-4,252		-189
Accumulated deficit	-61,270		-56,074
Total stockholdersâ€™ equity (deficit)	262,108		-2,867
Total liabilities and stockholdersâ€™ equity (deficit)	$587,907		$70,964

[1]	All of the projects costs under this category were recorded as project assets, noncurrent

Consolidated_Balance_Sheets_Pa

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Allowance for doubtful accounts (in Dollars)	$766	$5,887
Preferred stock par value (in Dollars per share)	$0.00	$0.00
Preferred stock, shares authorized	20,000,000	20,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Common stock par value (in Dollars per share)	$0.00	$0.00
Common stock, shares authorized	1,000,000,000	250,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	568,847,967	198,214,456
Common stock, shares outstanding	568,847,967	198,214,456

Consolidated_Statements_of_Ope

Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Net sales:
Net sales	$91,642	$42,629
Cost of goods sold:
Cost of goods sold	77,430	42,582
Provision for losses on contracts	2,055	2,816
Total cost of goods sold	79,485	45,398
Gross profit (loss)	12,157	-2,769
Operating expenses:
General and administrative	6,243	17,534
Sales, marketing and customer service	1,401	2,050
Impairment charges		7,500
Engineering, design and product management		1,761
Total operating expenses	7,644	28,845
Operating income (loss)	4,513	-31,614
Other income (expense):
Interest expense	-2,259	-4,321
Interest income	1,212	1,655
Loss on extinguishment of convertible bonds	-8,907
Gain from deconsolidation		3,537
Fair value change of derivative liability	972
Others	2,313	-688
Total other (expense) income, net	-6,669	183
Loss before income taxes	-2,156	-31,431
Provision for income taxes	3,040	813
Net loss	($5,196)	($32,244)
Net loss per common share:
Basic and Diluted (in Dollars per share)	($0.02)	($0.16)
Weighted average number of common shares used in computing per share amounts:
Basic and Diluted (in Shares)	307,005,057	198,214,456

Consolidated_Statements_of_Com

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Net loss	($5,196)	($32,244)
Foreign currency translation loss arising during the period	-4,063	-74
Less: reclassification of foreign currency translation loss to net loss		172
Net change in accumulated other comprehensive loss	-4,063	98
Comprehensive loss	($9,259)	($32,146)

Consolidated_Statements_of_Sto

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity (USD $)	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	Total
In Thousands, except Share data	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	Total
Balances at Dec. 31, 2012	$20	$48,219	($23,830)	($287)	$24,122
Balances (in Shares) at Dec. 31, 2012	198,215,000
Net loss			-32,244		-32,244
Foreign currency translation adjustments				98	98
Solar Green Technology debt forgiveness		4,582			4,582
Stock-based compensation expense		575			575
Balances at Dec. 31, 2013	20	53,376	-56,074	-189	-2,867
Balances (in Shares) at Dec. 31, 2013	198,215,000
Net loss			-5,196		-5,196
Foreign currency translation adjustments				-4,063	-4,063
Issuance of Common Stock and option	37	263,491			263,528
Issuance of Common Stock and option (in Shares)	369,948,000
Issuance of convertible bonds		10,313			10,313
Exercise of stock options		37			37
Exercise of stock options (in Shares)	685,000
Stock-based compensation expense		356			356
Balances at Dec. 31, 2014	$57	$327,573	($61,270)	($4,252)	$262,108
Balances (in Shares) at Dec. 31, 2014	568,848,000				568,847,967

Consolidated_Statements_of_Cas

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Net loss	($5,196,000)	($32,244,000)
Depreciation	1,267,000	1,283,000
Amortization	572,000	571,000
Stock-based compensation expense	356,000	575,000
Gain on deconsolidation		-3,537,000
Bad debt expenses (reversal)	-2,043,000	9,303,000
Loss on extinguishment of convertible bonds	8,907,000
Change in fair value of derivative liability	-972,000
Loss (Gain) on sales of fixed assets	1,000	-382,000
Amortization of loan fees		307,000
Change in deferred taxes	-126,000	-150,000
Impairment of project assets	2,055,000	2,816,000
Impairment charges		7,500,000
Non-cash interest expense	1,406,000
Other non-cash expense	310,000
Operating income from solar system subject to financing obligation	-819,000	-1,183,000
Accounts receivable	-1,272,000	11,491,000
Accounts receivable, related party		3,823,000
Notes receivable		-27,931,000
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts	-73,742,000	28,692,000
Restricted cash	-337,000
Project assets	-55,066,000	15,993,000
Inventories	3,838,000	1,025,000
Prepaid expenses and other assets	-5,020,000	-899,000
Accounts payable	37,556,000	-5,452,000
Accounts payable, related party	-12,853,000	7,815,000
Note payable	17,809,000
Advances from customers	17,690,000
Income taxes payable	2,942,000
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts	-862,000	-4,066,000
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts, related party		-49,000
Accrued liabilities and other liabilities	7,143,000	-4,089,000
Net cash (used in)/generated from operating activities	-56,456,000	11,212,000
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from repayment of notes receivable		7,007,000
Issuance of notes receivable		-1,335,000
Proceeds from disposal of fixed assets	1,000
Investment in affiliate	-586,000
Acquisitions of property, plant and equipment	-147,000	-3,000
Acquisitions of project assets,	-1,295,000
Acquisitions of new subsidiaries, net of cash acquired	-6,652,000
Acquisition of short-term investments	-40,227,000
Bank deposit with maturity over three months	-8,852,000
Proceeds from disposal of short-term investments	12,873,000
Net cash (used in)/generated from investing activities	-44,885,000	5,669,000
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stocks	167,848,000
Proceeds from issuance of share options	37,000
Proceeds from line of credit and loans payable	47,467,000	2,666,000
Decrease in restricted cash	240,000	20,000
Proceeds from issuance of convertible bonds	46,000,000
Payments on line of credit and loans payable	-4,250,000	-36,285,000
Net cash generated from/(used in) financing activities	257,342,000	-33,599,000
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	-492,000	-74,000
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	155,509,000	-16,792,000
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	1,031,000	17,823,000
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	156,540,000	1,031,000
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	191,000	4,280,000
Non-cash activities:
Debt forgiveness from related party		4,582,000
Netting off balance due to/from related party (Note 25)	3,905,000
Contribution of other assets to investment in affiliate (Note 8)	790,000	7,536,000
Exchange of notes receivable and other assets to acquire project assets in construction (Note 8)	9,448,000
Exchange of investment in affiliate to acquire project assets in construction (Note 8)	8,912,000
Common Stock issued in connection with convertible bond extinguishment (Note 16)	11,000,000
Derivative liability issued to acquire project assets in construction (Note 8)	983,000
Common Stock Issued to Acquire New Subsidiaries [Member]
Non-cash activities:
Common stock issued-Non cash activity	78,955,000
Common Stock Issued to Acquire Project Assets in Construction [Member]
Non-cash activities:
Common stock issued-Non cash activity	3,300,000
Exchange of Beaver Run Accounts Receivable to Acquire Inventory and Other Assets [Member]
Non-cash activities:
Exchange of accounts receivable to acquire inventory and other assets (Note 6)	2,296,000
Exchange of Apple Orchard Accounts Receivable to Acquire Inventory [Member]
Non-cash activities:
Exchange of accounts receivable to acquire inventory and other assets (Note 6)	7,887,000
Exchange of Seashore Accounts Receivable to Acquire Inventory [Member]
Non-cash activities:
Exchange of accounts receivable to acquire inventory and other assets (Note 6)	$1,395,000

Note_1_Description_of_Business

Note 1 - Description of Business	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]
Business Description and Basis of Presentation [Text Block]		1	Description of Business

	Solar Power, Inc. (“SPI”) and its subsidiaries (collectively the “Company”) is a global solar energy facility (“SEF”) developer offering its own brand of high-quality, low-cost distributed generation and utility-scale SEF development services. The Company primarily partners with developers around the world as co-developer and provides engineering, procurement and construction (“EPC”) services.

	Prior to 2014, the Company was primarily engaged in providing EPC services to developers in the U.S. Since 2014, the Company commenced its global project development business by ramping up its portfolio of global solar projects, including projects that the Company intends to hold in the long term and derive electricity generation revenue.

	As of December 31, 2014, the Company’s major subsidiaries include Xinwei Solar Engineering and Construction (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (“Xinwei Suzhou”), Xinyu Xinwei New Energy Co., Ltd. (“Xinyu Xinwei”), Sinsin Renewable Investment Limited (“Sinsin”) and Gonghe County Xinte Photovoltaic Co., Ltd. (“Xinte”). Solar Green Technology S.P.A. (“SGT”) was deconsolidated in 2014 (see Note 4). Xinwei Suzhou and Xinyu Xinwei were incorporated in China in 2014 in connection with the expansion of the Company’s full spectrum EPC service business in China. Sinsin and Xinte were acquired by the Company in 2014 for ramping up its portfolio of global solar projects (see Note 3).

Note_2_Summary_of_Significant_

Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]		2	Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

		(a)	Basis of Presentation

	The accompanying consolidated financial statements (“Consolidated Financial Statement”) of the Company are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).

		(b)	Use of estimates

	The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements include the allowance made for doubtful accounts receivable, inventory write-downs, the estimated useful lives of long-lived assets, the impairment of goodwill, long-lived assets and project assets, fair value of derivative liability, valuation allowance of deferred income tax assets, accrued warranty expenses, the grant-date fair value of share-based compensation awards and related forfeiture rates, and fair value of financial instruments. Changes in facts and circumstances may result in revised estimates. The current economic environment has increased the degree of uncertainty inherent in those estimates and assumptions.

		(c)	Principles of Consolidation

	The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and companies in which the Company has a controlling interest. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. For consolidated subsidiaries where the Company’s ownership in the subsidiary is less than 100%, the equity interest not held by the Company is shown as non-controlling interests. Management also evaluates whether an investee company is a variable interest entity and whether the Company is the primary beneficiary. Consolidation is required if both of these criteria are met. The Company does not have any variable interest entities requiring consolidation, during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.

		(d)	Investment in Affiliates

	The equity method of accounting is used for investments in affiliates and other joint ventures over which the Company has significant influence but does not have control. Whether or not the Company exercises significant influence with respect to an Investee depends on an evaluation of several factors, including, among others, representation on the Investee Company’s board of directors and ownership level. Under the equity method of accounting, the Company initially records the investment at cost and adjust the carrying amount each period to recognize the share of the earnings or losses of the investee based on the Company’s ownership percentage. The Company evaluates its equity method investments whenever events or changes in circumstance indicate that the carrying amounts of such investments may be impaired. If a decline in the value of an equity method investment is determined to be other than temporary, a loss is recorded in earnings in the current period. As disclosed in Note 11, an impairment loss on investment in affiliates of $7,500 was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2013. No share of equity in income or loss for the Company’s equity method investment was recorded for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.

		(e)	Cash and cash equivalents

	Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, cash accounts, interest bearing savings accounts and all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.

		(f)	Restricted cash

	Restricted cash represent bank deposits held as collateral for issuance of letters of credit, letters of guarantee or bank borrowings. Upon maturity of the letters of credit, letters of guarantee and repayment of bank borrowings, the deposits are released and become available for general use by the Company. Restricted cash are reported within cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows with reference to the purpose of being restricted. Restricted cash, which matures twelve months after the balance sheet date, is classified as non-current assets in the consolidated balance sheets.

		(g)	Fair value of financial instruments

	The Company estimates fair value of financial assets and liabilities as the price that would be received from the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) on the measurement date in an orderly transaction between market participants. The fair value measurement guidance establishes a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs into the valuation techniques used to measure fair value.

		●	Level 1 — Valuation techniques in which all significant inputs are unadjusted quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are identical to the assets or liabilities being measured.

		●	Level 2 — Valuation techniques in which significant inputs include quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are similar to the assets or liabilities being measured and/or quoted prices for assets or liabilities that are identical or similar to the assets or liabilities being measured from markets that are not active. Also, model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets are Level 2 valuation techniques.

		●	Level 3 — Valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. Unobservable inputs are valuation technique inputs that reflect the Company’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use to price an asset or liability.

	The Company uses quoted market prices to determine the fair value when available. If quoted market prices are not available, the Company measures fair value using valuation techniques that use, when possible, current market-based or independently-sourced market parameters, such as interest rates and currency rates.

		(h)	Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

	The Company grants open credit terms to credit-worthy customers. Terms vary per contract terms and range from 30 to 365 days. Contractually, the Company may charge interest for extended payment terms and require collateral.

	The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for uncollectible accounts receivable. The Company regularly monitors and assesses the risk of not collecting amounts owed by customers. This evaluation is based upon a variety of factors, including an analysis of amounts current and past due along with relevant history and facts particular to the customer. The Company does not have any off-balance-sheet credit exposure related to its customers.

		(i)	Inventories

	Inventories are carried at the lower of cost or market, determined by the first in first out cost method. Work-in-progress and finished goods inventories consist of raw materials, direct labor and overhead associated with the manufacturing process. Provisions are made for obsolete or slow-moving inventories based on management estimates. Inventories are impaired based on the difference between the cost of inventories and the market value based upon estimates about future demand from customers, specific customer requirements on certain projects and other factors. Inventory impairment charges establish a new cost basis for inventory and charges are not subsequently reversed to income even if circumstances later suggest that increased carrying amounts are recoverable. Inventory consisted of finished goods at December 31, 2014 and 2013.

		(j)	Project Assets

	The Company acquires or constructs PV solar power systems (“project assets”) that are (i) held for development and sale or (ii) held for the Company’s own use to generate income or return from the use of the project assets. Project assets are classified as either held for development and sale or as held for use within property, plant and equipment based on the Company’s intended use of project assets. The Company determines the intended use of the project assets upon acquisition or commencement of project construction. Classification of the project assets affects the accounting and presentation in the consolidated financial statements. Transactions related to the project assets held for development and sale are classified as operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows and reported as sales and costs of goods sold in the consolidated statements of operations upon the sale of the project assets and fulfillment of the relevant recognition criteria. The costs to construct project assets intended to be held for own use are capitalized and reported within property, plant and equipment on the consolidated balance sheets and are presented as cash outflows from investing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. The proceeds from disposal of project assets classified as held for own use are presented as cash inflows from investing activities within the consolidated statements of cash flows.

	Project assets costs consist primarily of capitalizable costs for items such as permits and licenses, acquired land or land use rights, and work-in-process. Work-in-process includes materials and modules, construction, installation and labor and other capitalizable costs incurred to construct the PV solar power systems.

	For project assets related to projects that are held for development and sale, project costs incurred during construction are classified as noncurrent assets. Upon completion of the construction, the project assets are classified as current assets on the consolidated balance sheets when 1) they are available for immediate sale in their present condition subject to terms that are usual and customary for sales of these types assets; 2) The company is actively marketing the systems to potential third party buyers; and 3) It is probable that the system will be sold within one year.

	No depreciation expense is recognized while the project assets are under construction or classified as held for sale. If facts and circumstances change such that it is no longer probable that the PV solar systems will be sold within one year of the system’s completion date, the PV solar systems will be reclassified to property, plant and equipment.

	Project assets held for development and sale but are not expected to be constructed and sold within the next 12 months are reported as non-current assets.

	For project assets held for development and sale, the Company considers a project commercially viable if it is anticipated to be sold for a profit once it is either fully developed or fully constructed. The Company also considers a partially developed or partially constructed project commercially viable if the anticipated selling price is higher than the carrying value of the related project assets plus the estimated cost to completion. The Company considers a number of factors, including changes in environmental, ecological, permitting, market pricing or regulatory conditions that affect the project. Such changes may cause the cost of the project to increase or the selling price of the project to decrease. The Company records an impairment loss of the project asset to the extent the carrying value exceed its estimated recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is estimated based on the anticipated sales proceeds reduced by estimated cost to complete such sales. In 2014, the Company provided impairment loss of $2,055 for certain project assets held for development and sale (see Note 11).

	In addition to PV solar power systems that are developed for sale or held for the Company’s own use, the Company also invested in two PV solar power projects under engineering, procurement and construction (“EPC”) contracts with two third party project owners during the year ended December 31, 2014. Based on the Company’s intention to sell or hold for own use, the projects costs incurred for these two EPC contracts are presented as investing activities respectively in the consolidated statement of cash flows. In respect of these two EPC contracts, there was mutual understanding between the Company and the respective project owners upon the execution of the EPC contracts that the title and ownership of the PV solar power systems would transfer to the Company upon the completion of construction. Management determined that the substance of the arrangements is for the Company to construct the PV solar power systems under the legal title of the project owners and with the title and ownership of the systems transferred to the Company upon the construction completion, at which time such title transfer is permitted under local laws. The project assets under construction were pledged to the Company as at December 31, 2014.

	(k)	Property, plant and equipment

The Company reports its property, plant and equipment at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Cost includes the prices paid to acquire or construct the assets, interest capitalized during the construction period and any expenditure that substantially extends the useful life of an existing asset. The Company expenses repair and maintenance costs when they are incurred. Depreciation is recorded on the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Plant and machinery (years)	5
Furniture, fixtures and equipment (years)	5-Mar
Computers and software (years)	5-Mar
Automobile (years)	3
Leasehold improvements	The shorter of the estimated life or the lease term
PV solar system (years)	25-27

	(l)	Intangible assets other than goodwill

Intangible assets consist of patents. Amortization is recorded on the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the assets.

	(m)	Impairment of long-lived assets

The Company’s long-lived assets include property, plant and equipment, project assets and other intangible assets with finite lives. The Company evaluates long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. These events include but are not limited to significant current period operation or cash flow losses associated with the use of a long-lived asset or group of assets combined with a history of such losses, significant changes in the manner of use of assets and significant negative industry or economic trends. If circumstances require a long-lived asset or asset group be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compare undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset or asset group to its carrying amount. If the carrying amount of the long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying amount exceeds its fair value. The determination of fair value of the intangible and long lived assets acquired involves certain judgments and estimates. These judgments can include, but are not limited to, the cash flows that an asset is expected to generate in the future. Future cash flows can be affected by factors such as changes in global economies, business plans and forecast, regulatory developments, technological improvements, and operating results. Any impairment write-downs would be treated as permanent reductions in the carrying amounts of the assets and a charge to operations would be recognized. No impairments were recorded for long-lived assets during the year ended December 31, 2013. An impairment loss on project assets of $2,055 was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2014.

	(n)	Goodwill

Goodwill is an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Goodwill is reviewed for impairment at least annually. In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08, Testing Goodwill for Impairment, which provides an entity the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more-likely-than-not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount prior to performing the two-step goodwill impairment test. If this is the case, the two-step goodwill impairment test is required. If it is more-likely-than-not that the fair value of a reporting is greater than its carrying amount, the two-step goodwill impairment test is not required.

If the two-step goodwill impairment test is required, first, the fair value of the reporting unit is compared with its carrying amount (including goodwill). If the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, an indication of goodwill impairment exists for the reporting unit and the entity must perform step two of the impairment test (measurement). Under step two, an impairment loss is recognized for any excess of the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s goodwill over the implied fair value of that goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined by allocating the fair value of the reporting unit in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation and the residual fair value after this allocation is the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill. Fair value of the reporting unit is determined using a discounted cash flow analysis. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, step two does not need to be performed.

The Company performs its annual impairment review of goodwill at December 31, and when a triggering event occurs between annual impairment tests. No impairment loss was recorded for any of the periods presented.

	(o)	Product warranties

The Company offers the industry standard warranty up to 25 years PV modules and industry standard five to ten years on inverter and balance of system components. Due to the warranty period, the Company bears the risk of extensive warranty claims long after products have been shipped and revenues have been recognized. For the Company’s cable, wire and mechanical assemblies business, historically the related warranty claims have not been material. For the Company’s solar PV business, the greatest warranty exposure is in the form of product replacement.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2007 and continuing through the fourth quarter of 2010, the Company installed own manufactured solar panels. Other than this period, the Company only installed panels manufactured by unrelated third parties as well as the Company’s principal shareholder and formerly controlling shareholder, LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (“LDK”). Certain PV construction contracts entered into during the recent years included provisions under which we agreed to provide warranties to the buyer. As a result, we recorded the provision for the estimated warranty exposure on these contracts within cost of sales. Since the Company does not have sufficient historical data to estimate its exposure, the Company’s own historical data in combination with historical data reported by other solar system installers and manufacturers were considered when the warranty exposure is estimated.

	(p)	Income taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax reporting bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years. Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the weight of available evidence, including expected future earnings. A valuation allowance is recognized if it is more likely than not that some portion, or all, of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. Should we determine that we would be able to realize deferred tax assets in the future in excess of the net recorded amount, we would record an adjustment to the deferred tax asset valuation allowance. This adjustment would increase income in the period such determination is made.

Profit from non-U.S. activities is subject to local country taxes but not subject to U.S. tax until repatriated to the U.S. It is the Company’s intention to permanently reinvest these earnings outside the U.S., subject to our management’s continuing assessment as to whether repatriation may, in some cases, still be in the best interests of the Company. The calculation of tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex global tax regulations.

The Company recognizes the benefit of uncertain tax positions in its financial statements when it concludes that a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination based solely on its technical merits. Only after a tax position passes the first step of recognition will measurement be required. Under the measurement step, the tax benefit is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is more likely than not to be realized upon effective settlement. This is determined on a cumulative probability basis. The Company elects to accrue any interest or penalties related to its uncertain tax positions as part of its income tax expense. No reserve for uncertainty tax position was booked by the Company for the year ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.

	(q)	Revenue recognition

Product sales

Revenue on product sales is recognized when there is evidence of an arrangement, title and risk of ownership have passed (generally upon delivery), the price to the buyer is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company makes determination of our customer’s credit worthiness at the time it accepts their initial order. For cable, wire and mechanical assembly sales, there are no formal customer acceptance requirements or further obligations related to our assembly services once the Company ships its products. Customers do not have a general right of return on products shipped therefore the Company makes no provisions for returns.

Construction contracts

Revenue on photovoltaic system construction contracts is generally recognized using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting, unless we cannot make reasonably dependable estimates of the costs to complete the contract or the contact value is not fixed, in which case we would use the completed contract method. Under the percentage-of-completion method, the Company measures the cost incurred on each project at the end of each reporting period and compares the result against the estimated total costs at completion. The percentage of cost incurred determines the amount of revenue to be recognized. Payment terms are generally defined by the contract and as a result may not match the timing of the costs incurred by the Company and the earnings accrued thereon. Such differences are recorded as costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts (an asset account) or billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts (a liability account). For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, $5,600 and nil of progress payments have been netted against contracts costs disclosed in the account costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts.

The percentage-of-completion method requires the use of various estimates, including, among others, the extent of progress towards completion, contract revenues and contract completion costs. Contract revenues and contract costs to be recognized are dependent on the accuracy of estimates, including direct material and labor costs and those indirect costs related to contract performance, such as indirect labor, supplies, tools, repairs, and depreciation costs. The Company has a history of making reasonable estimates of the extent of progress towards completion, contract revenues and contract completion costs. However, due to uncertainties inherent in the estimation process, it is possible that actual contract revenues and completion costs may vary from estimates. Under the completed-contract method, contract costs are recorded to a deferred project costs account and cash received are recorded to a liability account during the periods of construction. All revenues, costs, and profits are recognized in operations upon completion of the contract. A contract is considered complete and revenue recognized when all costs except insignificant items have been incurred and final acceptance has been received from the customer and receivables are deemed to be collectible. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts, if any, are recognized in the period in which the loss first becomes probable and reasonably estimable.

Sales of project assets

For those projects where the Company is considered to be the owner, the project is accounted for under the requirements of real estate accounting. In the event of a sale, the method of revenue recognition is determined by considering the extent of the buyer’s initial and continuing investment and the nature and the extent of the Company’s continuing involvement. Generally, revenue and profit are recognized using the full accrual method once the sale is consummated, the buyer’s initial and continuing investment is sufficient to demonstrate a commitment to pay for the property, the buyer’s receivable is not subject to any future subordination, the Company has transferred the usual risk and reward of ownership to the buyer and the Company does not have a substantial continuing involvement with the property. When continuing involvement is substantial and not temporary, the Company applies the financing method, whereby the asset remains on the balance sheet and the proceeds received are recorded as a financing obligation. When a sale is not recognized due to continuing involvement and the financing method is applied, the Company records revenue and expenses related to the underlying operations of the asset in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

Services revenue under power purchase agreements

The Company derives services revenues from PV solar systems held for own use through the sale of energy to grid operators pursuant to terms set forth in power purchase agreements or local government regulations (“PPAs"). The Company has determined that none of the PPAs contains a lease since (i) the purchaser does not have the rights to operate the project assets, (ii) the purchaser does not have the rights to control physical access to the project assets, and (iii) the price that the purchaser pays is at a fixed price per unit of output. Revenue is recognized based upon the output of electricity delivered multiplied by the rates specified in the PPAs, assuming all other revenue recognition criteria are met.

Operation and maintenance

Operation and maintenance revenue is billed and recognized as services are performed. Costs of these revenues are expensed in the period they are incurred.

	(r)	Foreign currency translation and foreign currency risk

The United States dollar (“US dollar”), the currency in which a substantial portion of SPI’s transactions are denominated, is used as is functional and reporting currency. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the US dollar are translated into US dollar at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in currencies other than the US dollar during the year are converted into the US dollar at the applicable rates of exchange prevailing at the beginning of the month the transactions occurred. Transaction gains and losses are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. Exchange gain of $1,489 and $281, respectively were recognized and recorded in other income- others in the consolidated statement of operations during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.

The financial records of the Company’s subsidiaries outside of the US are maintained in local currencies other than US dollar, such as RMB and Euro, which are also their functional currencies. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rates at the balance sheet date, equity accounts are translated at historical exchange rates and revenues, expenses, gains and losses are translated using the average rate for the year. Translation adjustments are reported as cumulative translation adjustments and are shown as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income in the statement of comprehensive income.

The RMB is not a freely convertible currency. The PRC State Administration for Foreign Exchange, under the authority of the PRC government, controls the conversion of RMB to foreign currencies. The value of the RMB is subject to changes of central government policies and international economic and political developments affecting supply and demand in the China foreign exchange trading system market. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash denominated in RMB amounted to $68,469 and $8 as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. As of December 31, 2014, all of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash were held in major financial institutions located in PRC, European, USA and Asia Pacific.

	(s)	Stock-based compensation

The Company’s share-based payment transactions with employees, such as restricted shares and share options, are measured based on the grant- date fair value of the equity instrument issued. The fair value of the award is recognized as compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award, which is generally the vesting period.

	(t)	Derivative instruments

The Company enters into derivative financial instrument arising from an asset acquisition as mentioned in Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements. The Company recognizes all derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the balance sheet at their respective fair values. Changes in the fair value are recognized in earnings.

	(u)	Recently Adopted and Recently Issued Accounting Guidance

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, Presentation of Financial Statements and Property, Plant, and Equipment, which requires only disposals representing a strategic shift in operations to be presented as discontinued operations. Those strategic shifts should have a major effect on the entity’s operation and financial results. Examples include a disposal of a major geographic area, a major line of business, or a major equity method investment. In addition, the new guidance requires expanded disclosures about discontinued operations. These changes will become effective for the Company on January 1, 2015. Management does not expect the adoption of these changes to have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. ASU 2014-09 will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. ASU 2014-09 is effective for the Company on January 1, 2017. Early application is not permitted. The standard permits the use of either a retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company has not determined which transition method it will adopt, and is currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2014-09 will have on the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures upon adoption.

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern (Subtopic 205- 40): Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, which requires management to evaluate, at each annual and interim reporting period, whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related disclosures. ASU 2014-15 is effective for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 and for interim periods thereafter. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.

In January 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-01, Income Statement —Extraordinary and Unusual Items (Subtopic 225- 20), which eliminates the concept of reporting for extraordinary items. ASU 2015-01 is effective for the Company for fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 and for interim periods thereafter. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

On February 18, 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-02, Consolidation, which reduces the number of consolidation models and simplifies the current standard. Entities may no longer need to consolidate a legal entity in certain circumstances based solely on its fee arrangements when certain criteria are met. ASU 2015-02 reduces the frequency of the application of related-party guidance when determining a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity. ASU 2015-02 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Note_3_Business_Combinations

Note 3 - Business Combinations	12 Months Ended
Note 3 - Business Combinations	Dec. 31, 2014
Disclosure Text Block Supplement [Abstract]
Mergers, Acquisitions and Dispositions Disclosures [Text Block]		3	Business Combinations

		(a)	Acquisition of Sinsin

	On September 5, 2014, the Company and its wholly-owned indirect subsidiary, SPI China (HK) Limited entered into a Share Sale & Purchase Agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with Sinsin Europe Solar Asset Limited Partnership (“Sinsin Europe”) and Sinsin Solar Capital Limited Partnership (“Sinsin Solar Capital”) to purchase all of the outstanding capital stock of Sinsin Renewable Investment Limited, a limited liability company registered in Malta (“Sinsin”). Sinsin Europe owns 99,999 Ordinary “A” shares and Sinsin Solar Capital owns 1 Ordinary “B” share of Sinsin representing all of outstanding capital stock of Sinsin. The acquisition was completed on December 1, 2014.

	Sinsin is engaged in the development, acquisition, management, and/or operation of energy solutions, projects, plants, factories, warehouses, stores, and facilities dedicated to the production of alternative energy sources and the facilitation of the distribution, supply and sale of such alternative energy power, through eight photovoltaic plants with a total capacity of 26.6MW in Greece. Sinsin conducts its business through four subsidiaries registered in Greece.

	The purchase consideration of Sinsin consists of cash Euro 3,370 ($4,209) (“Cash Consideration”) and 38,225,846 shares of the Company’s common stock (“Stock Consideration”). In addition to the purchase considerations, the Company is also required to settle the accounts payable in the amount of Euro 45,929 ($57,365) due to Sinsin Europe on behalf of Sinsin (“Payable Settlement”). The total of Cash Consideration and Payable Settlement amounting to Euro 49,299 ($61,574) was scheduled to be settled in several installments through 2016. The Stock Consideration was settled on October 3, 2014 by the Company, and the common stock was subject to a three-month lockup period as agreed in the Purchase Agreement. The acquisition was consummated on December 1, 2014 upon completion of all closing conditions. As of December 31, 2014, $29,850 and $25,531 were recorded in Other liabilities and Other liabilities-noncurrent, respectively, for the outstanding cash settlement in the consolidated financial statements.

	The fair value of the Stock Consideration was determined to be $78,955, which was based on the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the acquisition date of December 1, 2014, with adjustments for the lockup period and other factors.

	The acquisition has been accounted for under ASC 805 Business Combinations. The Company made estimates and judgments in determining the fair value of acquired assets and liabilities, based on management’s experiences with similar assets and liabilities with the assistance from an independent valuation firm. The allocation of the purchase price is as follows:

			USD
	Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed
	Cash and cash equivalents			958
	Accounts receivable			5,793
	Other receivable			2,398
	Property, plant and equipment			71,098
	Long term receivables			14
	Deferred tax assets			1,719
	Accounts payable			(1,944	)
	Income tax payable			(381	)
	Other accrued liabilities			(222	)
	Other long-term liability			(4	)
	Deferred tax liabilities			(4,859	)
	Identifiable net assets acquired (a)			74,570
	Consideration
	Cash Consideration			4,209
	Payable Settlement			57,365
	Stock Consideration			78,955

	Total consideration (b)			140,529
	Goodwill (b - a)			65,959

	During the period from the acquisition date to December 31, 2014, the acquired subsidiary contributed revenue of $346 and earnings of $55 to the Company’s consolidated results.

	Goodwill primarily represents the expected synergies from combining operations of the Company and Sinsin, which are complementary to each other, and any other intangible benefits that would accrue to the Company that do not qualify for separate recognition. The excess of purchase price over the identifiable net tangible and intangible assets acquired was recorded as goodwill.

		(b)	Acquisition of Xinte

	On November 6, 2014, a PRC wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, SPI Solar Power (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.(“SPI Meitai Suzhou”), entered into an equity interest purchase agreement (the “Equity Interest Purchase Agreement”) with TBEA Xinjiang Sunoasis Co., Ltd. (“TBEA Sunoasis”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of TBEA Sunoasis, for the acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of the 100% equity interest in Gonghe County Xinte Photovoltaic Co., Ltd. (“Xinte”), a company incorporated under the laws of the PRC. The principal activities of Xinte are the development, investment and operation of a photovoltaic plant located in PRC. As of December 31, 2014, Xinte owned a 20MW photovoltaic plant.

	The purchase consideration of Xinte was RMB 43,000 ($6,919) to be settled in cash (“Xinte Cash Consideration”). In addition to the purchase consideration, the Company is also required to settle the accounts payable arising from EPC service in the amount of RMB147,077 ($23,705) due to TBEA Sunoasis on behalf of Xinte (“Xinte Payable Settlement”). The total of Xinte Cash Consideration and Xinte Payable Settlement amounting to RMB190,077 ($30,624) was scheduled to settle in several installments through 2015. Among which RMB144,200 ($23,333) carried interests at an annual rate of 3.88%. The acquisition was consummated on December 31, 2014 upon completion of all closing conditions. As of December 31, 2014, $3,701 and $23,705 were recorded in Other liabilities and Accounts payables, respectively, for the outstanding cash settlement in the consolidated financial statements.

	Concurrent with entry into the Equity Interest Purchase Agreement, SPI Meitai Suzhou separately entered into a share pledge agreement, as amended (the “Share Pledge Agreement”) and a mortgage agreement (the “Mortgage Agreement”) with TBEA Sunoasis and Xinte. SPI Meitai Suzhou agreed to pledge 85% of the equity interest in Xinte held by SPI Meitai Suzhou to TBEA Sunoasis pursuant to the Share Pledge Agreement, and to mortgage all assets of the 20MW photovoltaic power station owned by Xinte to TBEA Sunoasis pursuant to the Mortgage Agreement.

	The acquisition had been accounted for under ASC 805 Business Combinations. The Company made estimates and judgments in determining the fair value of acquired assets and liabilities, based on management’s experiences with similar assets and liabilities with the assistance from an independent valuation firm. The allocation of the purchase price is as follows:

			USD
	Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed
	Cash and cash equivalents			16
	Accounts receivable			2,168
	Other receivable			3,292
	Prepaid expenses and other current assets			7
	Property, plant and equipment			26,402
	Land use rights			402
	Deferred tax assets			358
	Income tax payable			(325	)
	Others			(1,782	)
	Identifiable net assets acquired (a)			30,538

	Cash consideration and Xinte Payable Settlement (b)			30,624
Goodwill (b - a)			86

The following unaudited pro forma summary presents consolidated information of the Company as if these two business combinations had occurred on January 1, 2013. In determining these amounts, management has assumed that the fair value adjustments that arose on the acquisition date would remain the same even if the acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2013. However, as Sinsin and Xinte were incorporated on May 8, 2013 and April 28, 2013, respectively, the combination result for the year ended December 31, 2013 represents the result after the dates of incorporation of Sinsin and Xinte.

		Pro forma year ended				Pro forma year ended
		December 31,				December 31,
		2014 (Unaudited)				2013 (Unaudited)

Net revenue		$	105,314			$	43,551
Net loss		$	(3,152	)		$	(40,103	)

Note_4_Deconsolidation_of_SGT

Note 4 - Deconsolidation of SGT	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Deconsolidation [Abstract]
Deconsolidation [Text Block]		4	Deconsolidation of SGT

	In November 2013, the board of directors of SGT approved a voluntary plan for liquidation. On December 30, 2013, the board of directors of SGT appointed a liquidator. Under Italian regulations, the liquidation process was administered by the liquidator and the Company did not have the ability to exercise influence over SGT. As a result of these actions, the Company deconsolidated SGT on December 30, 2013 when the Company ceased to have a controlling financial interest in SGT. The fair value of the Company’s retained investment in SGT was zero as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

Note_5_Shortterm_Investments

Note 5 - Short-term Investments	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract]
Cost-method Investments, Description [Text Block]		5	Short-term investments

	On November 13, 2014, the Company invested $8,045 (equivalent to RMB50,000) in a financial product managed by a bank in the PRC. The investment is not redeemable by the Company until its maturity date of May 14, 2015. The investment is principal protected with an estimated but not guaranteed return rate of 5% per annum.

	On November 24, 2014, the Company invested $19,309 (equivalent to RMB120,000) in a financial product managed by a bank in the PRC. Pursuant to the investment terms of this financial product, the investment is not redeemable by the Company until its maturity date of May 22, 2015. The investment is principal protected with an estimated but not guaranteed return rate of 4.5% per annum. As at December 31, 2014, this investment was pledged as security for a one-year short term loan of $5,632 (equivalent to RMB35,000 obtained from the same PRC bank on December 3, 2014. The pledge will be released upon the repayment of the short term loan.

Note_6_Accounts_and_Notes_Rece

Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Receivables [Abstract]
Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]		6	Accounts and Notes Receivable

	In 2013, the Company recognized $13,900 of revenue under the completed-contract method and recorded a receivable of $8,800(denominated in Euros) related to the sale of projects in Greece. As the customer that purchased the projects did not receive term financing from China Development Bank, the receivable is currently being collected over a six year agreed-upon payment schedule, plus variable interest. In the second quarter of 2013, the Company reclassified $5,900 of existing accounts receivables related to sale of panels to another Greece customer to noncurrent assets based on the expected collection period which is anticipated to exceed one year. As of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, $7,705 and $4,258, respectively, were recorded as current accounts receivable and $4,476 and $12,349, respectively, were recorded in noncurrent accounts receivable from these two customers.

	During 2013 the Company issued a note receivable of $13,668 to KDC Solar (“KDC”) for one of KDC’s completed projects with a 15 year payment terms which began on the project’s commercial operations date in April 2013. The note bears interest of LIBOR plus 460bps. If KDC obtains term debt financing for this project, the collection of the note receivable may be accelerated. On September 30, 2014, the Company and KDC entered into Release Agreement where KDC would pay $13,668 to SPI, including $7,887 of solar panels and $5,781 of cash. The remaining noncurrent notes receivable was $6,611 and $13,668, respectively as of December 31, 2014 and 2013.

	As of December 31,2013, accounts receivable of $2,882 is due from Beaver Run Solar Farm LLC (“Beaver Run”) for solar module sales in December 2011. In November 2014, the Company entered into a membership interest purchase agreement (“MIPA”) with Shotmeyer LLC, the parent company of Beaver Run, to acquire 100% membership interest in Beaver Run at the consideration of $5,196. In addition, pursuant to MIPA, the accounts receivable of $2,882 due from Beaver Run would be settled by the return of $2,094 solar modules to the Company, partially net-off the acquisition consideration of $300 and land leasing fee of $488 which is held by the parent company of Beaver Run used for the Beaver Run project. As of December 31, 2014, the construction costs of Beaver Run project was $5,791.

	In 2011, the Company and Seashore entered into an EPC contract and Solar Panels Sales Agreement whereby the Company provided to Seashore EPC service in connection with a solar power project to be located in New Jersey and sold to Seashore 11,374 photovoltaic solar panels, respectively. In July 2013, SPI filed a complaint against Seashore Solar, Inc. and Seashore Solar Development, LLC (collectively “Seashore”) in the Superior Court of New Jersey. This lawsuit related to $2,800, part of the outstanding receivables of the aforementioned project. On May 15, 2014, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with Seashore regarding the total outstanding balance of $3,699. Seashore agreed to settle all outstanding debts in full by cash payment of $750 and solar panels of $1,395. As at December 31, 2014, the panels as agreed were received, and a full provision of $750 was provided by the Company as no payment was received.

Note_7_Costs_and_Estimated_Ear

Note 7 - Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Costs And Estimated Earnings In Excess Of Billings On Uncompleted Contracts [Abstract]
Costs And Estimated Earnings In Excess Of Billings On Uncompleted Contracts [Text Block]		7	Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts

	As of December 31, 2014 costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts are related to three EPC projects in the PRC. The Company recognized $75,395 of revenue under the percentage-of-completion method relating to these three EPC projects during the year ended December 31, 2014.

Note_8_Project_Assets

Note 8 - Project Assets	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Construction In Progress [Abstract]
Construction In Progress [Text Block]		8	Project Assets

	As of December 31, 2014, project assets mainly consist of the SEF development across U.S.A., UK, Japan and the PRC, with the amount of $48,520, $14,000, $12,826 and $19,849 respectively.

	Project assets consist of the following:

			December 31,
			2014
	Under development-Company as project owner		$	75,346
	Held for sale			-
	Total project assets held for development and sales			75,346
	Under development-Company expected to be project owner upon the completion of construction*			19,849
	Total project assets			95,195
	Current, net of impairment loss		$	73,930
	Noncurrent		$	21,265

	*All of the projects costs under this category were recorded as project assets, noncurrent,

	See Note 2 (j) for the above classification of project assets..

	Included in the project assets under development-Company as project owner as at December 31,2014 were an amount of $23,943 and $17,864 respectively in respect of certain projects in Hawaii (see below) and Mountain Creek in New Jersey (see Note11)

	Solar Hub Utilities, LLC and Calwaii, LLC

	On April 27, 2012, the Company made a secured loan of $1,000 to Solar Hub Utilities, LLC (“Solar Hub”), to be used by Solar Hub for pre-development costs, and the Company recorded the amount as notes receivable. On June 8, 2012, the Company agreed to advance Solar Hub up to $9,000 under a new $9,000 secured promissory note, secured by the project assets, which refinanced the original $1,000 advance and bore a 6% annual interest rate. Repayment in full of all outstanding amounts was due on December 31, 2012 but, in March 2013, was extended to a new maturity date of July 1, 2014 and the interest was changed to 10% per annum. As of December 31, 2013, the outstanding balance of the note receivable from Solar Hub was $8,450.

	In May 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with Solar Hub and Hawaiian Power, LLC (“HPL”) pursuant to which the Company and HPL formed Calwaii Power Holdings, LLC (“Calwaii”). The Company and HPL each received a 50% membership interest in Calwaii.

	In May, 2014, Solar Hub entered into an agreement with Calwaii pursuant to which Solar Hub transferred to Calwaii its payment obligations under the notes payable due to the Company and HPL, respectively, as well as its ownership in all of its solar projects.

	When the Company received a 50% membership interest in Calwaii in May 2014, Calwaii did not have enough equity at risk to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support and the Company determined this joint venture was a VIE. Because all rights and obligations are equally absorbed by both parties to Calwaii, the Company determined that it was not the primary beneficiary of Calwaii and, therefore, accounted for this entity under the equity method, and the Company’s $1,376 investment was recorded as an investment in the member units of the investee at cost.

	On September 15, 2014, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with HPL to purchase HPL’s 50% membership interest in Calwaii, and an 89% general partnership interest in Solar Hub in exchange for a consideration of $4,783 consisting of $500 cash, $3,300 worth of the Company’s Common Stock, and contingent consideration valued at $983 which is accounted for as a derivative liability (see Note 12). As a result of the transaction in May 2014 in which Solar Hub transferred all of its payment obligations and ownership in all of its solar projects to Calwaii, Solar Hub did not hold any assets or liabilities as of September 15, 2014, date of the aforementioned acquisition. As of September 15, 2014, Calwaii’s total assets and liabilities only included land rights and pre-contract costs related to the solar projects. Additionally, Calwaii had not entered into any power generation contracts with any utilities companies. Management concluded that the acquisition of 100% managing member interest in Calwaii did not meet the definition of a business combination as the primary inputs (the solar plants, which had yet to be constructed) were not available as of the date of acquisition. The Company has accordingly accounted for the transaction as an asset acquisition. The net assets acquired were recognized at the Company’s cost to acquire the net assets of $15,605. The cost to acquire the net assets included the Company’s $9,448 of note receivable, including accrued interest, from Calwaii, the Company’s $1,376 worth of previously held equity interest in Calwaii, and the Company’s $4,783 of consideration transferred to HPL on September 15, 2014. The net assets acquired were located in Hawaii.

	Pursuant to a sales agreement dated September 18, 2014, the Company agreed to sell four out of the forty-three PV solar systems of Calwaii’s project upon their completion of construction at a consideration of $5,850. The Company accounted for this sales transaction using the full accrual method under ASC 360-20, real estate accounting, and did not recognize any revenue and profit for this sales transaction for the year ended December 31, 2014 as certain closing conditions, including but not limited to grid connection specified in the sales agreement, had not been met.

	As of December 31, 2014, the project asset costs recorded and included in project held for development for these forty-three PV solar systems under the Calwaii’s projects amounted to $23,943.

Note_9_Prepaid_Expenses_and_Ot

Note 9 - Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Table Text Block]		9	Prepaid expenses and other current assets

	Prepaid expenses and other current assets as at December 31, 2014 primarily included a deposit of $5,250 paid to State Grid Corporation of China under an Acquisition Framework agreement dated October 22, 2014, and the deposit is not related to any specific entities’ acquisitions. This deposit would be refundable under certain circumstances pursuant to the Framework agreement.

Note_10_Property_Plant_and_Equ

Note 10 - Property, Plant and Equipment	12 Months Ended
Note 10 - Property, Plant and Equipment	Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]
Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]		10	Property, Plant and Equipment

	Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

			December 31,			December 31,
			2014			2013
	PV solar systems		$	110,553		$	14,852
	Plant and machinery			33			33
	Furniture, fixtures and equipment			269			269
	Automobile			75			-
	Computers and software			1,296			1,153
	Leasehold improvements			4			4
				112,230			16,311
	Less: accumulated depreciation			(5,792	)		(4,559	)
			$	106,438		$	11,752

	PV solar system primarily included costs of acquiring permits, construction fees of PV solar system, costs of items installed in the PV solar system including solar panels, and other costs incurred that are directly attributable to getting the PV solar system ready for its intended use of grid connection with customer for supply of electricity.

	In 2009, Solar Power, Inc. capitalized a photovoltaic (“PV”) solar system relating to the Aerojet 1 solar development project along with the associated financing obligation, recorded under financing and capital lease obligations, net of current portion, in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Due to certain guarantee arrangements as disclosed in Note 22— Commitments and Contingencies, the Company will continue to record this solar system in property, plant and equipment with its associated financing obligation in Accrued liabilities-noncurrent as long as it maintains its continuing involvement with this project. The income and expenses relating to the underlying operation of the Aerojet 1 project are recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

	In addition, as a consequence of completion of acquisitions of Sinsin and Xinte as disclosed in Note 3, eight and one completed photovoltaic plants located in Greece and China, respectively, were acquired by the Company, and recorded in the PV solar systems under Property, Plant and Equipment.

	Depreciation expense was $1,267 and $1,283 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Note_11_Investment_in_Affiliat

Note 11 - Investment in Affiliates	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, Schedule of Investments [Abstract]
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, Schedule of Investments [Text Block]		11	Investment in Affiliates

	In April 2012, the Company entered into an EPC agreement with KDC to construct a 4.5 MW photovoltaic solar electricity project located in Mountain Creek, New Jersey (the “Mountain Creek Project”). In December 2013, the Company entered into an exchange and release agreement with KDC and agreed to exchange a $15,036 note receivable due to the Company from KDC under the EPC agreement for construction of the Mountain Creek Project in exchange for a 64.5% limited ownership interest in KDC Solar Mountain Creek Parent LLC (the “LLC”). The LLC holds all of the assets of the Mountain Creek Project. KDC was the managing member and held a 35.5% managing member interest in the LLC as of December 31, 2013. The construction of the Mountain Creek Project was approximately 25% complete as of December 31, 2013. The LLC needed to obtain $10,000 of additional financing to continue construction of the Mountain Creek Project as of December 31, 2013.

	In December 2013 when the Company received the 64.5% ownership interest in the LLC and as of December 31, 2013, the Company determined the LLC was not a variable interest entity (“VIE”) because (1) the amount of equity in the LLC was sufficient for the LLC to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support; (2) the equity interest holders, as a group, did not lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest in the LLC as the equity interest holders possessed all voting rights and controlled the LLC; (3) the LLC was not structured with non-substantive voting rights as the voting rights of the equity interest holders correspond to their respective obligation to absorb the entity’s expected losses and receive its expected residual returns. The Company accounted for its investment in the LLC using the equity method of accounting as of December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2013 the Company determined that the fair value of its investment in the LLC was $7,500 based on the discounted future cash flows of the LLC and recorded a $7,500 impairment charge in the Consolidated Statement of Operations during the year ended December 31, 2013. The Company’s $7,500 interest in the LLC was recorded as an investment in affiliate as of December 31, 2013.

	In April, 2014, the Company entered into a first amendment and restated exchange and release agreement with KDC to reduce its limited ownership in the LLC from 64.5% to 20.0%, with KDC’s ownership interest in the LLC increasing from 35.5% to 80.0%. In consideration for KDC’s increase in ownership interest in the LLC, KDC agreed to pay the Company 55.62% of all cash distributions which KDC will receive from its 80.0% managing member interest in the LLC.

	On July 29, 2014 (“Acquisition Date”), the Company and KDC entered into an agreement whereby KDC withdrew as a member of the LLC with no payment of consideration by the Company. As of the Acquisition Date, the LLC’s total assets and liabilities included land rights, a partially constructed solar facility and nominal liabilities. Additionally, at the Acquisition Date, the LLC had not entered into any power generation contracts with any utilities companies. As a result, Management concluded that the acquisition of 100% managing member interest in the LLC did not meet the definition of a business combination as the primary inputs (the solar plant, which had yet to be constructed) were not available on the Acquisition Date. The Company has accounted for the transaction as an asset acquisition. The net assets acquired were recognized at the Company’s cost of $7,500.

	Pursuant to a letter of intent dated November 10, 2014 and a sales agreement dated December 31, 2014, the Company agreed to sell the PV solar systems of this project upon its completion of construction at a consideration of $17,864. The Company accounted for this sales transaction using the full accrual method under ASC 360-20, real estate accounting, and did not recognize any revenue and profit for this sale transaction for the year ended December 31, 2014 as certain closing conditions, including but not limited to grid connection as specified in the sales agreement, had not been met.

	As of December 31, 2014, management assessed the recoverable amounts of this project asset and as a result the carrying amount of this project asset was written down to the recoverable amount by $2,055 (included in “Provision for losses on contracts”). The estimate of recoverable amount of this project asset was based on this asset’s fair value less costs of disposal, and the fair value was determined by reference to the quoted price from third party for this project asset. The carrying amount of this project, net of impairment was recorded under project assets in the consolidated balance sheets.

Note_12_Derivative_Liability

Note 12 - Derivative Liability

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]

Fair value measurement

As discussed in Note 8— Project Assets, the Company issued contingent consideration as part of a transaction to acquire assets from HPL in September 2014. The Company issued the third party $3,300 to be paid with shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a price per share equal to $1.10 or 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, subject to an adjustment which indicates that if the dollar volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) for the Company’s Common Stock is less than $1.00 per share for the five trading days prior to March 30, 2015, then the Company shall issue HPL additional shares of Common Stock so that the total number of shares issued by the Company under the agreement multiplied by the five day VWAP will have a value of at least $3,000 on March 30, 2015. The contingent consideration meets the definition of a derivative and the Company has recorded the fair value of such derivative as a derivative liability which is included in other current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2014 and the change in fair value was recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the the year ended December 31, 2014.

In arriving at fair-value estimates, the Company utilizes the most observable inputs available for the valuation technique employed. If a fair-value measurement reflects inputs at multiple levels within the fair value hierarchy, the fair-value measurement is characterized based upon the lowest level input. For the Company, recurring fair-value measurements are performed for the derivative liability.

The derivative liability is recognized in the balance sheet at fair value. Changes in the fair value of the derivative liability are reported in the Statement of Operations. The Company does not have any derivative liabilities that reduce risk associated with hedging exposure and has not designated the derivative liability as a hedge instrument.

The Company did not have any derivatives valued using Level 1 and Level 2 inputs as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013. The fair values and corresponding classifications under the appropriate levels of the fair value hierarchy of the outstanding derivative liability recorded as recurring liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet consisted of the following:

Level

December 31,

December 31,

2014

2013

Included in other current liabilities : Derivative liability

The following table presents quantitative information for Level 3 measurements:

Fair value at

Valuation

Unobservable

December 31,

technique

input

2014

Liabilities:

Derivative liability

Black-Scholes option

Prevailing interest rates, Company’s stock price volatility, expected term

pricing model

There have been no transfers between Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 categories.

Financial instruments classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy represents the derivative liability in which management has used at least one significant unobservable input in the valuation model. The following table represents a reconciliation of activity for the derivative liability in order to arrive at the current derivative liability recorded at fair value as of December 31, 2014:

Derivative Liability

Opening balance – December 31, 2013

Purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements

983

Transfers into and (or) out of Level 3

Change in fair value

972

Closing balance –December 31, 2014

Change in fair value of $972 is recorded as fair value change of derivative liability under other income in the consolidated statement of operations.

There were no assets or liabilities measured on a non-recurring basis as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

For financial instruments that are not required to be measured at fair value, the following method and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value as at December 31, 2014 and 2013:

Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable and payable, short term investments, bank deposits with maturity over three months, accrued liabilities, advance from customers and other current liabilities –costs approximates fair value because of the short maturity period.

Notes receivable, current, Notes receivable, noncurrent - The fair value of Notes receivable, current were based on anticipated cash flows, which approximates carrying value, and were classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of Notes receivable, noncurrent were classified in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The Company used multiple techniques, including an income approach applying discounted cash flows approach, to measure the fair value using Level 3 inputs; the results of each technique have been reasonably weighted based upon management’s judgment applying qualitative considerations to determine the fair value at the measurement date. The fair value of notes receivable is determined to approximate its carrying value.

Convertible bonds. The estimated fair value was $39,423 as of December 31, 2014. The fair value of convertible bonds was classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The Company determines the fair value using binomial model with significant input on prices and votes observable in the market.

Line of credit and loans payable. The carrying amount approximates fair due to the short maturity and their variable market rates of interest that change with current Prime and no change in counterparty credit risk and were classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Other liabilities, noncurrent. The carrying amount approximates their fair value. The Company used discounted cash flow approach to determine the fair value, which was classified in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Note_13_Line_of_Credit_and_Loa

Note 13 - Line of Credit and Loans Payable	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Note 13 - Line of Credit and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]		13	Line of Credit and Loans Payable

		(a)	Line of Credit

	On December 26, 2011, the Company entered into a Business Loan Agreement with Cathay Bank (“Cathay”) whereby Cathay agreed to extend the Company a line of credit of the lesser of $9,000 or 70% of the aggregate amount in certain accounts receivable, which would mature December 31, 2012. LDK agreed to guarantee the full amount of the loan under a Commercial Guaranty by and between LDK and Cathay dated December 26, 2011. The loan was past due and on April 17, 2014, Cathay Bank filed a lawsuit against the Company to recover the $4,250 in principal plus $100 in accrued and unpaid interest from the Company under the terms of the Business Loan Agreement. On May 15, 2014, the Company and Cathay Bank agreed to a settlement in principal and the Company paid Cathay Bank a total of $4,400 to satisfy all of the Company’s obligations owed to Cathay and Cathay withdrew the complaint filed against the Company.

		(b)	Loans Payable

	On December 3, 2014, the Company and China Minsheng Bank (“CMB”) entered into a Loan agreement, whereby CMB provided the Company a loan of $ 5,632 at an interest rate of 5.88% per annum, which would mature on December 3, 2015. The Company pledged its bank financing product (included in the “Short-term investment”) issued by CMB of $19,309 to CMB as collateral. After the bank financing product matures on May 22, 2015, the cash will be transferred into the Company’s bank account and CMB still keeps custody of this account until the repayment of the loan by the Company.

	On December 29, 2014, the Company and Bank of Suzhou (“BOS”) entered into a Loan agreement, whereby BOS provided the Company a loan of $ 32,181 at an interest rate of 7% per annum, which will mature on February 27, 2015.

	On December 31, 2014, the Company and CMB entered into a Loan agreement, whereby CMB provided the Company a loan of $ 9,654 at an interest rate of 5.6% per annum, which will mature on June 30, 2015.
Convertible Bond [Member]
Note 13 - Line of Credit and Loans Payable [Line Items]
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]		16	Convertible Bonds

		(a)	Convertible Bonds issued and cancelled subsequently

	On June 3, 2014 the Company entered into an agreement with a non-U.S. investor and issued a convertible bond with nominal amount of $11,000, bearing no interest. The convertible bond may be partially or wholly converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.16 per share conversion price at any time at the option of the investor after December 3, 2014 or if the Company (i) issues shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of Common Stock in an number equal to or more than 46,517,812 shares in the aggregate; or (ii) the Company declares a cash dividend. The convertible bond was due and payable on April 29, 2015.

	The host contract was accounted for as liability and $11,000 was recorded as debt upon issuance. The beneficial conversion feature was recognized separately at issuance by allocating the intrinsic value to additional paid-in-capital amounting to $10,312, resulting in a discount on the convertible bond. This discount would be amortized into interest expense using the effective interest method from the issuance date over the convertible bond’s life period.

	In July 2014, the Company signed an agreement with the convertible bond holder and cancelled and terminated the original agreement. In exchange of the cancellation and termination of the convertible bond, the Company agreed to issue to the convertible bond holder, 68,750,000 shares of common stock of the Company at a price of $0.16 per share. As a result of these transactions, the Company recorded non-cash interest expense of $1,406 and a non-cash loss of $8,907 on extinguishment in the consolidated statement of operation.

		(b)	Convertible promissory note issued together with common stock and stock option

	In December, the Company entered into three convertible promissory note purchase agreements with Brilliant King, Poseidon and Union Sky, respectively whereby the Company agreed to sell and issue to these three investors convertible promissory notes in an aggregate principal amount of $35,000 which could be converted into 17,500,000 Common Shares at a fixed conversion price of $2 unless adjusted for anti-dilution. The convertible notes bore no interest, and might be partially or wholly converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at any time prior to maturity at the option of the investor. The convertible promissory note was due and payable on June 11, 2016.

	As mentioned in Note 17 and Note 18, in December, the Company issued common stock and stock option to the same investors. The Company agreed to issue, and Brilliant King, Poseidon and Union Sky agreed to purchase a total of 7,500,000 Shares at an aggregate purchase price of $15,000, or $2.00 per share, pursuant to the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement and subject to the closing conditions therein. The Company also entered into option agreements with these investors, whereby the Company agreed to grant Brilliant King, Poseidon and Union Sky an option to purchase from the Company a total of 27,500,000 Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $55,000,000, or $2.00 per share. 20,000,000 shares of option granted to Union Sky was expired on March 15, 2015, the remaining 7,500,000 shares of option could be exercised on or prior to the date of completion of the listing of the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market, pursuant to the terms of the Option Agreement and subject to the closing conditions therein.

	The above instruments, including convertible promissory note, common stock and stock option were accounted for as a bundled transaction. The proceeds from the issuance of convertible promissory note and common stock were allocated to the three elements based on the relative fair values of the debt instrument, common stock and the stock options at the time of issuance. The convertible promissory note, common stock and stock options were initially recorded at $32,500, $11,900 and $5,500, respectively, according to the allocation of the total proceeds. The discount of $2,500 of the convertible promissory note is amortized as interest expense using the effective interest rate method through the earliest demand payment date, i.e. June 11, 2016. The stock option is accounted for as an equity instrument is classified within equity.

	The fair value of Convertible bonds was classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. It is computed using the Binomial Model based on assumptions supported by quoted market prices and rates, adjusted for the specific features of the convertible bonds.

Note_14_Other_Liabilities

Note 14 - Other Liabilities	12 Months Ended
Note 14 - Other Liabilities	Dec. 31, 2014
Other Liabilities and Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption [Abstract]
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Text Block]		14	Other liabilities:

			December 31,		December 31,
			2014		2013

	Derivative liability			11		-
	Other liability—current portion (Note 3)			33,751		-
	Current portion of other liabilities			33,762		-

	Other liability—non-current portion (Note 3)			25,535		-
	Accrued warranty reserve			1,608		1,422
	Non-current portion of other liabilities			27,143		1,422

	Total of other liabilities			60,905		1,422

	As described in Note 3—Business combination, other liability – current portion mainly represented the liability for acquisition of Sinsin and Xinte of $29,850 and $3,701 respectively and non-current portion mainly represented the liability for acquisition of Sinsin.

Note_15_Goodwill_and_Other_Int

Note 15 - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets	12 Months Ended
Note 15 - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets	Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]		15	Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

		(a)	Goodwill

	The carrying amount of goodwill is as follows:

			USD
	Balance as of December 31, 2013		$	-
	Acquisition of Sinsin (Note 3)			65,959
	Acquisition of Xinte (Note 3)			86
	Balance as of December 31, 2014		$	66,045

		(b)	Other Intangible Assets

	Intangible assets consisted of the following:

			Useful Life		Gross		Impairment		Accumulated			Net
			(in months)		Gross		Charge		Amortization			Net
	As of December 31, 2014
	Patent			57	$	2,700	$	-	$	(2,140	)	$	560
					$	2,700	$	-	$	(2,140	)	$	560

	As of December 31, 2013
	Patent			57	$	2,700	$	-	$	(1,568	)	$	1,132
					$	2,700	$	-	$	(1,568	)	$	1,132

	As of December 31, 2014, the estimated future amortization expense related to other intangible assets is $560 in 2015.

Note_17_Stock_option

Note 17 - Stock option	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Warrants Disclosure [Abstract]
Warrants Disclosure [Text Block]		17	Stock option

	On February 15, 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the issuance of a warrant agreement for Cathay General Bancorp to purchase 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.75 per share related to the credit facility entered into with Cathay Bank for an original aggregate principal amount of $9,000. The fair value of $0.29 per share was determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton model. Assumptions used in calculating fair value were as follows: a risk free interest rate of 0.38%, expected volatility of 103%, zero expected dividend yield, and an expected term of 3 years. The warrant is exercisable anytime for an exercise price of $0.75 per share before its expiration. This warrant has been expired on February 15, 2015.

	On December 12 and 15, 2014, the Company grants warrants to Brilliant King, Poseidon and Union Sky to purchase from the Company a total of 27,500,000 common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $55,000 or $2 per share. 20,000,000 shares of option granted to Union Sky was expired on March 15, 2015, the remaining 7,500,000 shares of option could be exercised on or prior to the date of completion of the listing of the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market, pursuant to the terms of the option agreement and subject to the closing conditions therein.

	On December 15, 2014, the Company entered into an option agreement with Forwin International Financial Holding Limited (Hong Kong) (“Forwin”), whereby the Company agreed to grant Forwin an option to purchase a total of 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.0 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $10,000, prior to March 15, 2015. This option expired subsequently.

Note_18_Stockholders_Equity

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity	12 Months Ended
Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity	Dec. 31, 2014
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]		18	Stockholders’ Equity

	Issuance of common stock

	In the second quarter of 2014, the Company amended its articles of incorporation to increase the authorized shares of common stock from 250,000,000 shares to 1,000,000,000 shares. The following table summarizes the Company’s issuance of common stock in 2014:

	Purchasers and their places of incorporation		Securities sold	Date of securities issued	Consideration

	Y&C Investment Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong)		3,125,000 Shares	26-Jun-14	$500, or $0.16 per Share
	Happy Goal Industries (Hong Kong)		6,250,000 Shares	26-Jun-14	$1,000, or $0.16 per Share
	Robust Elite Limited (Hong Kong) (“Robust Elite”)		37,500,000 shares	June 27, 2014 and July 15, 2014	$6,000 or $0.16 per Share
	Well Vast Investment Limited (Hong Kong)		20,312,500 Shares	13-Aug-14	$3,250, or $0.16 per Share
	Robust Elite		68,750,000 Shares¹	15-Aug-14	$11,000, or $0.16 per Share
	Joy Sky Investment Limited (British Virgin Islands)		55,560,000 Shares	16-Sep-14	$15,001, or $0.27 per Share
	Strong Textile Hong Kong Limited (Hong Kong)(“Strong Textile”)		37,060,000 Shares	22-Sep-14	$10,006, or $0.27 per Share
	Hawaiian Power, HPL (Arizona) (“HPL”)		3,000,000 Shares²	24-Sep-14	$3,300, or $1.10 per Share
	Sinsin Europe Solar Asset L.P.		38,225,846 Shares³	3-Oct-14	$78,955
	Smart Range Investments Limited (British Virgin Islands)		21,739,500 Shares	16-Oct-14	$30,001
	Harker Investment Limited (Seychelles)		8,600,000 Shares	3-Nov-14	$10,062
	Ju Yuan Holdings Limited (British Virgin Islands)		1,000,000 Shares	3-Nov-14	$1,170
	Hong Kong Ding Chen Group Investment International Development Limited (Hong Kong)		1,720,000 Shares	3-Nov-14	$2,012
	Strong Textile		5,000,000 Shares	10-Nov-14	$5,850
	Allied Energy Holding Pte Ltd (Singapore)		6,000,000 Shares	10-Nov-14	$7,020
	Hong Kong Victory Consulting Management Co., Limited (Hong Kong)		1,720,000 Shares	10-Nov-14	$2,012
	Home Value Holding Co., limited (British Virgin Islands)(“Home Value”)		17,200,000 Shares	11-Nov-14	$20,124
	Signet Worldwide Limited (British Virgin Islands)		10,000,000 Shares	24-Nov-14	$13,800
	Home Value		17,200,000 Shares⁴	31-Dec-14	$20,125
	Brilliant King Group Ltd. (British Virgin Islands) (“Brilliant King”)		6,000,000 Shares	31-Dec-14	$12,000, or $2.0 per Share
	Poseidon Sports Limited (Cayman Islands) (“Poseidon”)		1,500,000 Shares	31-Dec-14	$3,000, or $2.0 per Share
	Border Dragon Limited (British Virgin Islands) (“Border Dragon”)		2,500,000 Shares	December 31. 2014	$5,000, or $2.0 per Share

	Note:

		1	In July 2014, the Company signed an agreement with Robust Elite and canceled and terminated the $11,000 convertible bond. In exchange of the cancellation and termination of the convertible bond, the Company agreed to issue Robust Elite , 68,750,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company at $0.16 per share, the original conversion price of the Convertible Bond.

		2	In September 2014, the Company issued 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock at $1.10 per share to HPL as a portion of the Company’s consideration for the acquisition of the Solar Hub project assets. Refer to Note 8—Project Assets.

		3	On October 3, 2014, the Company issued 38,225,846 shares of Common Stock as part of the consideration to acquire all the outstanding capital stock of Sinsin as described in Note 3—Business combination.

		4	On September 22, 2014, the Company grant an option to purchase from the Company a total of 17,200,000 Common Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $20,124, or $1.17 per share. The option was exercised in December 31, 2014.

Note_19_Stockbased_Compensatio

Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation	12 Months Ended
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation	Dec. 31, 2014
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]		19	Stock-based Compensation

	The Company measures stock-based compensation expense for all stock-based compensation awards based on the grant-date fair value and recognizes the cost in the financial statements over the employee requisite service period.

	The following table summarizes the consolidated stock-based compensation expense, by type of awards for the years ended December 31:

			For the Years Ended
			31-Dec-14				31-Dec-13
	Employee stock options		$	332			$	575
	Restricted stock grants			24				-
	Total stock-based compensation expense		$	356			$	575

	The following table summarizes the consolidated stock-based compensation by line items for the years ended December 31:

			For the Years Ended
			31-Dec-14				31-Dec-13
	General and administrative		$	326			$	429
	Sales, marketing and customer service			30				100
	Engineering, design and product management			-				46
	Total stock-based compensation expense			356				575
	Tax effect on stock-based compensation expense			-				-
	Total stock-based compensation expense after income taxes		$	356			$	575

	As stock-based compensation expense recognized in the consolidated statements of operations is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, it has been reduced for estimated forfeitures. Forfeitures are required to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.

	Determining Fair Value

	Valuation and Amortization Method — The Company estimates the fair value of service-based and performance-based stock options granted using the Black-Scholes option-pricing formula. The fair value is then amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods of the awards, which is generally the vesting period. In the case of performance-based stock options, amortization does not begin until it is determined that meeting the performance criteria is probable. Service-based and performance-based options typically have a five to ten year life from date of grant and vesting periods of three to four years.

	Expected Term — The Company’s expected term represents the period that the Company’s stock-based awards are expected to be outstanding. For awards granted subject only to service vesting requirements, the Company utilizes the simplified method for estimating the expected term of the stock-based award, instead of historical exercise data. For its performance-based awards, the Company has determined the expected term life to be five years based on contractual life and the seniority of the recipient.

	Expected Volatility —The Company uses historical volatility of the price of its common shares to calculate the volatility for its granted options.

	Expected Dividend — The Company has never paid dividends on its common shares and currently does not intend to do so, and accordingly, the dividend yield percentage is zero for all periods.

	Risk-Free Interest Rate — The Company bases the risk-free interest rate used in the Black-Scholes valuation model upon the implied yield curve currently available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with a remaining term equal to the expected term used as the assumption in the model.

	Assumptions used in the determination of the fair value of share-based payment awards using the Black-Scholes model for stock option grants during the years ended December 31 were as follows:

			For the Years Ended
			31-Dec-14												31-Dec-13
	Expected term							4											3.75
	Risk-free interest rate			1.39	%			-				1.85%				0.95	%		-	1.20%
	Expected volatility			141	%			-				144%				106	%		-	118%
	Expected dividend yield							0%											0%

	Equity Incentive Plan

	On November 15, 2006, subject to approval of the stockholders, the Company adopted the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) which permits the Company to grant stock options to directors, officers or employees of the Company or others to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company through awards of incentive and nonqualified stock options (“Option”), stock (“Restricted Stock” or “Unrestricted Stock”) and stock appreciation rights (“SARs”). The Plan was approved by the stockholders on February 7, 2007.

	The Company has granted time-based share options and restricted stock under the Plan to directors, officers, employees and individual consultants of the Company. The time-based options generally vest 25% annually and expire three to ten years from the date of grant. Total number of shares reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant to this Plan is equal to 9% of the number of outstanding shares of the Company. Shares issued under the Plan will be drawn from authorized and unissued shares or shares now held or subsequently acquired by the Company. Outstanding shares of the Company shall, for purposes of such calculation, include the number of shares of stock into which other securities or instruments issued by the Company are currently convertible (e.g., convertible preferred stock, convertible debentures, or warrants for Common Stock), but not outstanding options to acquire stock. At December 31, 2014 there were 29,624,317 shares available for grant under the plan (9% of the outstanding shares of 568,847,967 plus outstanding warrants of 35,300,000 shares, plus 17,500,000 shares if converted from the convertible promissory note, less options outstanding and exercised since inception).

	The exercise price of any Option will be determined by the Company when the Option is granted and may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the shares on the date of grant, and the exercise price of any incentive stock option granted to a stockholder with a 10% or greater shareholding will not be less than 110% of the fair market value of the shares on the date of grant. The exercise price per share of a SAR will be determined by the Company at the time of grant, but will in no event be less than the fair market value of a share of Company’s stock on the date of grant.

	The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activities:

			Shares				Weighted-				Weighted-				Aggregate
							Average				Average				Intrinsic
							Exercise				Remaining				Value
							Price Per				Contractual				$0
							Share				Term
	Outstanding as of January 1, 2013			5,836,500			$	0.45
	Granted			4,450,000				0.06
	Exercised			—				—
Forfeited			(3,172,250	)			0.47
Outstanding as of December 31, 2013			7,114,250				0.2
Granted			24,345,000				0.88
Exercised			(895,000	)			0.22
Forfeited			(5,135,250	)			0.25
Outstanding as of December 31, 2014			25,429,000				0.84				5.65			$	30,302
Vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2014			1,492,000				0.44				1.92			$	2,316
Vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2014			16,871,918				0.57				5.46			$	20,596

The following table presents the exercise price and remaining life information about options exercisable at December 31, 2014:

					Shares				Weighted				Weighted				Aggregate
Range of					Exercisable				average				average				Intrinsic
exercise price									remaining				exercise				$0
									contractual				price
									life
$0.51	-	$1.24				200,000				-			$	1.24			$	970
$0.30	-	$0.50				792,000				1.32				0.48				1,196
$0.05	-	$0.29				500,000				3.64				0.05				150
						1,492,000				1.92			$	0.44			$	2,316

Changes in the Company’s non-vested stock awards are summarized as follows:

		Time-based Options								Restricted Stock
		Shares				Weighted				Shares				Weighted
						Average								Average
						Exercise								Grant Date
						Price								Fair Value
						Per Share								Per Share
Non-vested as of January 1, 2013			4,227,000			$	0.38				-			$	-
Granted			4,450,000				0.06				-
Vested			(802,750	)			0.41				-
Forfeited			(2,195,500	)			0.64				-
Non-vested as of December 31, 2013			5,678,750			$	0.13				-				-
Granted			24,345,000				0.88				525,000				-
Vested			(1,708,500	)			0.24				-				-
Forfeited			(4,378,250	)			0.24				-				-
Non-vested as of December 31, 2014			23,937,000				0.84				525,000			$	-

The total fair value of shares vested during the year ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 was $410 and $657, respectively. There were no changes to the contractual life of any fully vested options during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.

Following is a summary of our restricted stock awards as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 and changes during the years then ended:

		Number				Weighted Average
		of Shares				Grant-Date
						Fair Value
Restricted stock units at January 1, 2013			1,325,868				0.63
Granted			-				-
Forfeited			-				-
Restricted stock units at December 31, 2013			1,325,868			$	0.63
Granted			525,000				0.75
Forfeited			-				-
Restricted stock units at December 31, 2014			1,850,868				0.66

Note_20_Income_Taxes

Note 20 - Income Taxes	12 Months Ended
Note 20 - Income Taxes	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]		20	Income Taxes

	(Loss) income before provision for income taxes is attributable to the following geographic locations for the years ended December 31:

			2014			2013
	United States		$	(15,007	)	$	(20,887	)
	Foreign			12,851			(10,544	)
			$	(2,156	)	$	(31,431	)

	The provision for income taxes consists of the following for the years ended December 31:

			2014			2013
	Current:
	Federal		$	-		$	-
	State			-			7
	Foreign			3,040			979
	Total current						986
	Deferred:
	Federal			-			-
	State			-			-
	Foreign			-			(173	)
	Total deferred			-			(173	)
	Total provision for income taxes		$	3,040		$	813

	The reconciliation between the actual income tax expense and income tax computed by applying the statutory U.S. Federal income tax rate of 35% to pre-tax (loss) income before provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31 is as follows:

			2014			2013
	Provision for income taxes at U.S. Federal statutory rate		$	(755	)	$	(11,001	)
	State taxes, net of federal benefit			13			4
	Foreign taxes at different rate			(1,444	)		4,500
	Non-deductible expenses			(2	)		100
	Valuation allowance			6,263			7,078
	Other			2			(114	)
	Prior year deconsolidation			(1,237	)		-
	Impairments and intangible amortization			200			246

			$	3,040		$	813

	Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of loss carry forwards and temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities for federal, state and foreign income taxes are as follows at December 31 are presented below:

			2014			2013
	Deferred income tax assets:
	Net operating loss carry forwards		$	31,785		$	25,458
	Temporary differences due to accrued warranty costs			706			684
	Temporary differences due to bonus and vacation accrual			16			33
	Employment turnover			666			-
	Investment in subsidiaries			3,257			-
	Credits			16			16
	Allowance for bad debts			1,196			2,474
	Fair value adjustment arising from subsidiaries acquisition			358			-
	Other temporary differences			1,041			595

				39,041			29,260
	Valuation allowance			(38,017	)		(29,260	)

	Total deferred income tax assets			1,024			-

	Deferred income tax liabilities:
	Fair value adjustment arising from subsidiaries acquisition			3,680			-

	Total deferred income tax liabilities			3,680			-

	Net deferred tax liabilities		$	2,656		$	-

As of December 31, 2014, the Company had a net operating loss carry forward for federal income tax purposes of approximately $68,614, which will start to expire in the year 2027. The Company had a total state net operating loss carry forward of approximately $97,553, which will start to expire in the year 2017. The Company has foreign net operating loss carry forward of $4,172, some of which begin to expire in 2017. The Company had a federal AMT credit of $16, which does not expire.

Utilization of the federal and state net operating losses is subject to certain annual limitations due to the “change in ownership” provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and similar state provisions. However, the annual limitation may be anticipated to result in the expiration of net operating losses and credits before utilization.

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that those deferred tax assets will be realized. Management reviews deferred tax assets periodically for recoverability and makes estimates and judgments regarding the expected geographic sources of taxable income in assessing the need for a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to their estimated realizable value. Realization of the Company’s deferred tax assets is dependent upon future earnings, if any, the timing and amount of which are uncertain. Because of the Company’s lack of earnings history, the net deferred tax assets have been fully offset by a valuation allowance in the US. The valuation allowance increased by $8,757 and $9,484 during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

The Company has not provided for deferred taxes on the excess of the financial reporting over the tax basis in our investments in foreign subsidiaries that are essentially permanent in duration. The determination of the additional deferred taxes that have not been provided is not practicable.

The Company had no unrecognized tax benefits for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The Company currently files income tax returns in the U.S., as well as California, New Jersey, and certain other foreign jurisdictions. The Company is currently not the subject of any income tax examinations. The Company’s tax returns generally remain open for tax years after 2009.

Note_21_Net_Loss_Per_Share_of_

Note 21 - Net Loss Per Share of Common Stock	12 Months Ended
Note 21 - Net Loss Per Share of Common Stock	Dec. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Earnings Per Share [Text Block]		21	Net Loss Per Share of Common Stock

	Basic loss per share is computed by dividing income attributable to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted loss per share reflects the potential dilution of shares by adding other Common Stock equivalents, including Common Stock options, warrants, and restricted Common Stock, in the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for a period, if dilutive. Potentially dilutive shares are excluded from the computation if their effect is anti-dilutive. As a result of the net loss for the year ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, there is no dilutive impact to the net loss per share calculation for the period.

	The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share:

			December 31,			December 31,
			2014			2013
	Numerator:
	Net loss		$	(5,196	)	$	(32,244	)

	Denominator:
	Basic weighted-average common shares			307,005			198,214

	Effect of dilutive shares
	Options			-			-
	Warrants			-			-
	Diluted weighted-average common shares			307,005			198,214
	Basic net loss per share		$	(0.02	)	$	(0.16	)
	Diluted net loss per share			(0.02	)		(0.16	)

Note_22_Commitments_and_Contin

Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies	12 Months Ended
Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies	Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]		22	Commitments and Contingencies

		(a)	Commitments

	Restricted cash —At December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had restricted bank deposits of $497 and $400 respectively. The restricted bank deposits consist of a reserve of $160 and a guarantee deposit of $337. The $160 is reserve pursuant to our guarantees of Solar Tax Partners 1, LLC (“STP”) with the bank providing the debt financing on the Aerojet 1 solar generating facility (see below for additional details related to the Aerojet 1 development project). The $337 guarantee deposit is a reserve for bank acceptance drafts for suppliers.

	Guarantee —On December 22, 2009, in connection with an equity funding of STP related to the Aerojet 1 solar development project, the Company along with STP’s other investors entered into a Guaranty (“Guaranty”) to provide the equity investor, Greystone Renewable Energy Equity Fund (“Greystone”), with certain guarantees, in part, to secure investment funds necessary to facilitate STP’s payment to the Company under the EPC. Specific guarantees made by Solar Power, Inc. include the following in the event of the other investors’ failure to perform under the operating agreement:

		•	Operating Deficit Loans—the Company would be required to loan Master Tenant or STP monies necessary to fund operations to the extent costs could not be covered by Master Tenant’s or STP’s cash inflows. The loan would be subordinated to other liabilities of the entity and earn no interest; and

		•	Exercise of Put Options—At the option of Greystone, the Company may be required to fund the purchase by Managing Member of Greystone’s interest in Master Tenant under an option exercisable for 9 months following a 63 month period commencing with operations of the Facility. The purchase price would be equal to the greater of the fair value of Greystone’s equity interest in Master Tenant or $1,000. This option has been exercised on December 30, 2014 and this guarantee has been released accordingly.

	The Company has recorded on its Consolidated Balance Sheet the guarantees of $71 and $85 at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, which approximates their fair value. These amounts, less related amortization, are included in accrued liabilities. These guarantees for the Aerojet 1 project are accounted for separately from the financing obligation related to the Aerojet 1 project because they are with different counterparties.

	Financing Obligation —The guarantees associated with Aerojet 1 constitute a continuing involvement in the project. While the Company maintains its continuing involvement, it will apply the financing method and, therefore, has recorded and classified the proceeds received of $10,911 and $11,730 from the project in long-term liabilities within financing and capital lease obligations, net of current portion, at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

	Performance Guaranty — On December 18, 2009, the Company entered into a 10-year energy output guaranty related to the photovoltaic system installed for STP at the Aerojet 1 facility in Rancho Cordova, CA. The guaranty provided for compensation to STP’s system lessee for shortfalls in production related to the design and operation of the system, but excluding shortfalls outside the Company’s control such as government regulation. The Company believes that the probability of shortfalls is unlikely and if they should occur they would be covered under the provisions of its current panel and equipment warranty provisions. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, there continues to be no charges against our reserves related to this performance guaranty.

	Product Warranties —We offer the industry standard warranty up to 25 years for our PV modules and industry standard five to ten years on inverter and balance of system components. Due to the warranty period, we bear the risk of extensive warranty claims long after we have shipped product and recognized revenue. In our cable, wire and mechanical assemblies business, historically our warranty claims have not been material. In our solar PV business, our greatest warranty exposure is in the form of product replacement.

	During the quarter ended September 30, 2007 and continuing through the fourth quarter of 2010, we installed own manufactured solar panels. Other than this period, we only installed panels manufactured by unrelated third parties as well as our principal shareholder and formerly controlling shareholder, LDK. Certain PV construction contracts entered into during the recent years included provisions under which we agreed to provide warranties to the buyer. As a result, we recorded the provision for the estimated warranty exposure on these contracts within cost of sales. Since we do not have sufficient historical data to estimate its exposure, we have looked to our own historical data in combination with historical data reported by other solar system installers and manufacturers. Due to the absence of historical material warranty claims, we have not recorded a material warranty accrual related to solar energy systems as of December 31, 2014.

	The accrual for warranty claims consisted of the following, which were recorded in Accrued liabilities:

			2014		2013
	Beginning balance - January 1		$	1,537	$	1,537
	Provision charged to warranty expense			-		-
	Less: warranty claims			-		-
	Ending balance - December 31,			1,537		1,537
	Current portion of warranty liability			-		200
	Non-current portion of warranty liability		$	1,537	$	1,337

	Operating leases — The Company leases facilities under various operating leases, some of which contain escalation clauses, which expire through 2017. The Company also leases vehicles under operating leases. Rental expenses under operating leases included in the statement of operations were both $453 and $463 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.

	Future minimum payments under all of our non-cancelable operating leases are as follows as of December 31, 2014:

	2015		$	1,227
	2016			1,103
	2017			879
	Thereafter			10,323
			$	13,532

	Capital commitments — As of December 31, 2014, the Company’s commitments to acquire the business and property, plant and equipment approximately $59,354 associated with the expansion of the Company’s PV solar systems business.

		(b)	Contingencies

	From time to time, the Company is involved in various other legal and regulatory proceedings arising in the normal course of business. While the Company cannot predict the occurrence or outcome of these proceedings with certainty, it does not believe that an adverse result in any pending legal or regulatory proceeding, individually or in the aggregate, would be material to our consolidated financial condition or cash flows; however, an unfavorable outcome could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations for a specific interim period or year.

Note_23_Operating_Risk

Note 23 - Operating Risk	12 Months Ended
Note 23 - Operating Risk	Dec. 31, 2014
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]
Concentration Risk Disclosure [Text Block]		23	Operating Risk

	Concentrations of Credit Risk and Major Customers — A substantial percentage of the Company’s net revenue comes from sales made to a small number of customers to whom sales are typically made on an open account basis. Details of customers accounting for 10% or more of total net revenue for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

			2014					2013
					% of Total					% of Total
	Customer		Revenue		Revenue			Revenue		Revenue
	Zhongwei Hanky Wiye Solar Co., Ltd.			27,871		30	%		-		-	%
	Alxa League Zhiwei Photovoltaic Power Generation Co., Ltd.			23,939		26	%		-		-	%
	Xinyu Realforce Energy Co., Ltd.			23,585		26	%		-		-	%
	KDC Solar Credit LS, LLC			11,886		13	%		22,829		54	%
	Thermi Venture S.A.			-		-	%		13,854		32	%

			$	87,281		95	%	$	36,683		86	%

	Details of customers accounting for 10% or more of total accounts receivable, net, notes receivable, and costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively are :

			2014					2013
	Customer				% of Total					% of Total
	Zhongwei Hanky Wiye Solar Co., Ltd.			28,751		27	%		-		-	%
	Alxa League Zhiwei Photovoltaic Power Generation Co., Ltd.			27,008		25	%		-		-	%
	Xinyu Realforce Energy Co., Ltd.			24,776		23	%		-		-	%
	KDC Solar Credit LS, LLC			6,611		6	%		13,668		31	%
	Thermi Venture S.A.			6,445		6	%		8,801		20	%
	SDL Solar Ltd.			5,735		5	%		7,056		16	%
	Solar Hub			-		-	%		8,450		19	%
			$	99,326		92	%	$	37,975		86	%

Note_24_Segment_information

Note 24 - Segment information	12 Months Ended
Note 24 - Segment information	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]		24	Segment information

	Operating segments are defined as components of a company which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the client operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is the Chairman, Mr. Xiaofeng Peng. Based on the financial information presented to and reviewed by the chief operating decision maker, the Company has determined that it has a single operating and reporting segment: solar energy products and services. The types of products and services in this single segment primarily include: (i) project development for sales or service revenue under PPAs, (ii) EPC services, (iii) operating and maintenance (“O&M”) services, (iv) residential PV systems.

	Net sales by major product and services are as follows:

			2014		2013
	EPC revenue		$	87,281	$	39,290
	Service revenue with PPAs			2,144		2,037
	O&M services revenue			175		1,302
	Residential PV systems			1,080		-
	Others			962		-
			$	91,642	$	42,629

	Net sales by geographic location are as follows:

	Location (a)		2014		2013
	United States		$	14,690	$	25,347
	Greece			526		13,854
	Italy			-		3,428
	China			76,426		-
			$	91,642	$	42,629

		(a)	Sales are attributed to countries based on location of customer.

	Geographic information, which is based upon physical location, for long-lived assets was as follows:

	Location		2014		2013
	United States		$	11,630	$	11,750
	Greece			68,708		-
	China			46,872		2
	Japan			493		-
			$	127,703	$	11,752

Note_25_Related_Party_Transact

Note 25 - Related Party Transactions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]		25	Related Party Transactions

	In June 2013, LDK forgave $2,600 in indebtedness to provide an injection of capital to SGT to keep their shareholder capital from going negative and triggering liquidity accounting under Italian statutory law. Additionally, the Company deconsolidated net liabilities owned by SGT to LDK of $2,000.. This portion of the deconsolidation was treated as debt forgiveness and a capital transaction recorded as an increase to additional paid in capital. Refer to Note 4 for further details of the SGT deconsolidation.

	As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, accounts receivable from LDK was none and $3,905 primarily related to the receivables from solar development projects and inventory sale to LDK in 2012.

	As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had accounts payable to LDK of $34,150 and $50,907, respectively, primarily related to purchases of solar panels for solar development projects. The solar panels purchased from LDK in 2014 and 2013 amounted to $5,753 and nil, respectively.

	On November 7, 2014, the Cayman Court sanctioned the scheme of arrangements of LDK and its subsidiaries relating to LDK’s assets in the Cayman Islands. On November 18, 2014, the Hong Kong Court sanctioned the scheme of LDK and its subsidiaries relating to LDK’s assets in the Cayman Islands. On December 10, 2014, the powers of the Joint Provisional Liquidators were suspended (except for certain residual powers required to finalize the provisional liquidation) and the powers of the directors of LDK Solar were restored. With effect from December 10, 2014, the directors may exercise all their powers.

	The restructuring transactions in respect of LDK Solar’s senior note holders and preferred shareholders, closed on December 17, 2014.

	On December 30, 2014, the Company entered into a Settlement and Mutual Release with its principal shareholder, LDK, pursuant to which LDK HK agreed to release and discharge the Company from all actions, claims, demands, damages, obligations, liabilities, controversies and executions arising out of the Company’s payables to LDK HK and its subsidiaries, in exchange for an aggregate settlement amount of $11,000. Payables of $32,680 net against receivables of $3,905, amounting to payable of $28,775, as of December 30, 2014, were subject to such agreement. Under the Agreements, LDK and the Company agreed to settle the outstanding payables according to a predetermined payment schedule. However, LDK has the right to cancel all discount if any installment payment delayed for more than 30 days. Therefore, the Company did not derecognize the waived liability of $17,775 from its consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014, considering the payment has not been fully settled. Subsequently, $380 and $2,000 was paid in December 2014 and January 2015, respectively, according to the predetermined payment schedule. Excluding liability of $17,775 to be waived under condition, the remaining payable of $16,375 as of December 31, 2014 is still subject to previously agreed term of payment when arising from purchases of solar panels.

Note_26_Subsequent_Events

Note 26 - Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events [Text Block]		26	Subsequent Events

		(a)	Equity transactions

	On December 12, 2014, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with Forwin, whereby the Company agreed to issue, and Forwin agreed to purchase a total of 5,000,000 common shares of the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $10,000, or $2.00 per share. The shares were issued on January 14, 2015.

	On December 15, 2014, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with Central Able Investments Limited (“Central Able”), whereby the Company agreed to issue, and Central Able agreed to purchase a total of 2,500,000 Common shares of the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $5,000, or $2.00 per share. The shares were issued on January 29, 2015.

	On January 22, 2015, the Company and Central Able, entered into an option agreement, pursuant to which the Company agreed to grant Central Able an option to purchase 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, at the exercise price of $2.00 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $5,000, prior to April 22, 2015. The option has not been exercised as of the date of issuance of this financial statement.

	On February 13, 2015, the Company issued 18,700,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, to directors and executive officers.

		(b)	Business acquisition

	On January 15, 2015, the Company and SPI China (HK) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated under the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) with CECEP Solar Energy Hong Kong Co., Limited (“CECEP”), a company incorporated under the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, SPI China (HK) Limited agreed to purchase from CECEP 100% of issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of (i) CECEP Solar Energy (Luxembourg) Private Limited Company (S.a.r.l.), a limited liability company registered in Luxembourg, and (ii) Italsolar S.r.l., a limited liability company registered in Italy, owned by CECEP, for an aggregate consideration of Euro12,500 in the form of both shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Consideration Shares”) and cash, subject to customary closing conditions (the “Stock Purchase”). Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, as part of the consideration of the Stock Purchase, the Company agreed to issue the Consideration Shares on the closing date of the Stock Purchase pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Stock Purchase Agreement. The transaction was closed subsequent to December 31, 2014 and prior to date of issuance of this financial statement. The Company issued 5,722,977 shares of its Common Stock to CECEP on February 16, 2015. There are four solar power plants with 4.3 MW in aggregate located in Italy held by the companies acquired.

	The fair value of the above acquired assets and liabilities is being evaluated by an independent valuation firm employed by the Company, and the valuation result is currently not available.

		(c)	Acquisition agreements signed

	On March 30, 2015, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary SPI China (HK) Limited entered into a share purchase agreement with LDK Group. Pursuant to the agreement, SPI China (HK) Limited agreed to purchase from LDK Group three limited liability companies in Italy and California for an aggregate cash consideration of $2,390. This transaction is subject to several closing conditions including completion of satisfactory due diligence.

	On March 31,2015, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, SPI China (HK) Limited entered into a share purchase agreement with third parties whereby SPI China (HK) Limited agreed to purchase 80% of the equity interest in Solar Juice Pty Ltd, an Australian proprietary company limited by shares, for an aggregate consideration of approximately $25,500.. The consideration is proposed to be paid by the Company’s Common Stock, the number of which is to be determined by five-day average trading price of the Company’s ordinary shares prior to the closing of the agreement. Solar Juice distributes solar kits that include PV modules, balance-of-system components, solar monitoring systems and inverters, to retail or corporate customers in Australia and Southeast Asia.

		(d)	Acquisitions through contractual agreements

	In order to expand its E-commerce business, the Company acquired Solar Energy E-Commerce (Shanghai) Ltd. (“Solar Energy”) through a series of activities and transactions as follows:

		●	On December 8, 2014, Solar Energy was incorporated in Shanghai by Xiaofeng Peng, Min Xiahou, Jing Liu (“Nominee Equity Holders”) with a capital contribution of USD 1,612.

		●	On Jan 5, 2015, Solarbao E-commerce (HK) Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong by SPI China (HK) Limited which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

		●	On March 25, 2015, Yanhua Netwrok Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (“Yanhua Network”) was incorporated in Shanghai by Solarbao E-commerce (HK) Limited with a capital contribution of USD 2,100. Yanhua Network became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

		●	On March 26, 2015, the Company through Yanhua Network entered into a series of contractual agreements (“VIE Agreements”) with Solar Energy and its Equity Holders. The contractual arrangements include power of attorney, call option agreement, equity pledge agreement, and a consulting services agreement.

Accounting_Policies_by_Policy_

Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Basis of Accounting, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Basis of Presentation

	The accompanying consolidated financial statements (“Consolidated Financial Statement”) of the Company are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).
Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Use of estimates

	The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements include the allowance made for doubtful accounts receivable, inventory write-downs, the estimated useful lives of long-lived assets, the impairment of goodwill, long-lived assets and project assets, fair value of derivative liability, valuation allowance of deferred income tax assets, accrued warranty expenses, the grant-date fair value of share-based compensation awards and related forfeiture rates, and fair value of financial instruments. Changes in facts and circumstances may result in revised estimates. The current economic environment has increased the degree of uncertainty inherent in those estimates and assumptions.
Consolidation, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Principles of Consolidation

	The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and companies in which the Company has a controlling interest. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. For consolidated subsidiaries where the Company’s ownership in the subsidiary is less than 100%, the equity interest not held by the Company is shown as non-controlling interests. Management also evaluates whether an investee company is a variable interest entity and whether the Company is the primary beneficiary. Consolidation is required if both of these criteria are met. The Company does not have any variable interest entities requiring consolidation, during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.
Equity Method Investments, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Investment in Affiliates

	The equity method of accounting is used for investments in affiliates and other joint ventures over which the Company has significant influence but does not have control. Whether or not the Company exercises significant influence with respect to an Investee depends on an evaluation of several factors, including, among others, representation on the Investee Company’s board of directors and ownership level. Under the equity method of accounting, the Company initially records the investment at cost and adjust the carrying amount each period to recognize the share of the earnings or losses of the investee based on the Company’s ownership percentage. The Company evaluates its equity method investments whenever events or changes in circumstance indicate that the carrying amounts of such investments may be impaired. If a decline in the value of an equity method investment is determined to be other than temporary, a loss is recorded in earnings in the current period. As disclosed in Note 11, an impairment loss on investment in affiliates of $7,500 was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2013. No share of equity in income or loss for the Company’s equity method investment was recorded for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Cash and cash equivalents

	Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, cash accounts, interest bearing savings accounts and all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.
Investment, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Restricted cash

	Restricted cash represent bank deposits held as collateral for issuance of letters of credit, letters of guarantee or bank borrowings. Upon maturity of the letters of credit, letters of guarantee and repayment of bank borrowings, the deposits are released and become available for general use by the Company. Restricted cash are reported within cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows with reference to the purpose of being restricted. Restricted cash, which matures twelve months after the balance sheet date, is classified as non-current assets in the consolidated balance sheets.
Fair Value Measurement, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Fair value of financial instruments

	The Company estimates fair value of financial assets and liabilities as the price that would be received from the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) on the measurement date in an orderly transaction between market participants. The fair value measurement guidance establishes a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs into the valuation techniques used to measure fair value.

		●	Level 1 — Valuation techniques in which all significant inputs are unadjusted quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are identical to the assets or liabilities being measured.

		●	Level 2 — Valuation techniques in which significant inputs include quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are similar to the assets or liabilities being measured and/or quoted prices for assets or liabilities that are identical or similar to the assets or liabilities being measured from markets that are not active. Also, model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets are Level 2 valuation techniques.

		●	Level 3 — Valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. Unobservable inputs are valuation technique inputs that reflect the Company’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use to price an asset or liability.

	The Company uses quoted market prices to determine the fair value when available. If quoted market prices are not available, the Company measures fair value using valuation techniques that use, when possible, current market-based or independently-sourced market parameters, such as interest rates and currency rates.
Receivables, Trade and Other Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

	The Company grants open credit terms to credit-worthy customers. Terms vary per contract terms and range from 30 to 365 days. Contractually, the Company may charge interest for extended payment terms and require collateral.

	The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for uncollectible accounts receivable. The Company regularly monitors and assesses the risk of not collecting amounts owed by customers. This evaluation is based upon a variety of factors, including an analysis of amounts current and past due along with relevant history and facts particular to the customer. The Company does not have any off-balance-sheet credit exposure related to its customers.
Inventory, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Inventories

	Inventories are carried at the lower of cost or market, determined by the first in first out cost method. Work-in-progress and finished goods inventories consist of raw materials, direct labor and overhead associated with the manufacturing process. Provisions are made for obsolete or slow-moving inventories based on management estimates. Inventories are impaired based on the difference between the cost of inventories and the market value based upon estimates about future demand from customers, specific customer requirements on certain projects and other factors. Inventory impairment charges establish a new cost basis for inventory and charges are not subsequently reversed to income even if circumstances later suggest that increased carrying amounts are recoverable. Inventory consisted of finished goods at December 31, 2014 and 2013.
Project Costs [Policy Text Block]	Project Assets

	The Company acquires or constructs PV solar power systems (“project assets”) that are (i) held for development and sale or (ii) held for the Company’s own use to generate income or return from the use of the project assets. Project assets are classified as either held for development and sale or as held for use within property, plant and equipment based on the Company’s intended use of project assets. The Company determines the intended use of the project assets upon acquisition or commencement of project construction. Classification of the project assets affects the accounting and presentation in the consolidated financial statements. Transactions related to the project assets held for development and sale are classified as operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows and reported as sales and costs of goods sold in the consolidated statements of operations upon the sale of the project assets and fulfillment of the relevant recognition criteria. The costs to construct project assets intended to be held for own use are capitalized and reported within property, plant and equipment on the consolidated balance sheets and are presented as cash outflows from investing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. The proceeds from disposal of project assets classified as held for own use are presented as cash inflows from investing activities within the consolidated statements of cash flows.

	Project assets costs consist primarily of capitalizable costs for items such as permits and licenses, acquired land or land use rights, and work-in-process. Work-in-process includes materials and modules, construction, installation and labor and other capitalizable costs incurred to construct the PV solar power systems.

	For project assets related to projects that are held for development and sale, project costs incurred during construction are classified as noncurrent assets. Upon completion of the construction, the project assets are classified as current assets on the consolidated balance sheets when 1) they are available for immediate sale in their present condition subject to terms that are usual and customary for sales of these types assets; 2) The company is actively marketing the systems to potential third party buyers; and 3) It is probable that the system will be sold within one year.

	No depreciation expense is recognized while the project assets are under construction or classified as held for sale. If facts and circumstances change such that it is no longer probable that the PV solar systems will be sold within one year of the system’s completion date, the PV solar systems will be reclassified to property, plant and equipment.

	Project assets held for development and sale but are not expected to be constructed and sold within the next 12 months are reported as non-current assets.

	For project assets held for development and sale, the Company considers a project commercially viable if it is anticipated to be sold for a profit once it is either fully developed or fully constructed. The Company also considers a partially developed or partially constructed project commercially viable if the anticipated selling price is higher than the carrying value of the related project assets plus the estimated cost to completion. The Company considers a number of factors, including changes in environmental, ecological, permitting, market pricing or regulatory conditions that affect the project. Such changes may cause the cost of the project to increase or the selling price of the project to decrease. The Company records an impairment loss of the project asset to the extent the carrying value exceed its estimated recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is estimated based on the anticipated sales proceeds reduced by estimated cost to complete such sales. In 2014, the Company provided impairment loss of $2,055 for certain project assets held for development and sale (see Note 11).

	In addition to PV solar power systems that are developed for sale or held for the Company’s own use, the Company also invested in two PV solar power projects under engineering, procurement and construction (“EPC”) contracts with two third party project owners during the year ended December 31, 2014. Based on the Company’s intention to sell or hold for own use, the projects costs incurred for these two EPC contracts are presented as investing activities respectively in the consolidated statement of cash flows. In respect of these two EPC contracts, there was mutual understanding between the Company and the respective project owners upon the execution of the EPC contracts that the title and ownership of the PV solar power systems would transfer to the Company upon the completion of construction. Management determined that the substance of the arrangements is for the Company to construct the PV solar power systems under the legal title of the project owners and with the title and ownership of the systems transferred to the Company upon the construction completion, at which time such title transfer is permitted under local laws. The project assets under construction were pledged to the Company as at December 31, 2014.
Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Property, plant and equipment

	The Company reports its property, plant and equipment at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Cost includes the prices paid to acquire or construct the assets, interest capitalized during the construction period and any expenditure that substantially extends the useful life of an existing asset. The Company expenses repair and maintenance costs when they are incurred. Depreciation is recorded on the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

	Plant and machinery (years)	5
	Furniture, fixtures and equipment (years)	5-Mar
	Computers and software (years)	5-Mar
	Automobile (years)	3
	Leasehold improvements	The shorter of the estimated life or the lease term
	PV solar system (years)	25-27
Intangible Assets, Finite-Lived, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Intangible assets other than goodwill

	Intangible assets consist of patents. Amortization is recorded on the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the assets.
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Including Intangible Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Impairment of long-lived assets

	The Company’s long-lived assets include property, plant and equipment, project assets and other intangible assets with finite lives. The Company evaluates long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. These events include but are not limited to significant current period operation or cash flow losses associated with the use of a long-lived asset or group of assets combined with a history of such losses, significant changes in the manner of use of assets and significant negative industry or economic trends. If circumstances require a long-lived asset or asset group be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compare undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset or asset group to its carrying amount. If the carrying amount of the long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying amount exceeds its fair value. The determination of fair value of the intangible and long lived assets acquired involves certain judgments and estimates. These judgments can include, but are not limited to, the cash flows that an asset is expected to generate in the future. Future cash flows can be affected by factors such as changes in global economies, business plans and forecast, regulatory developments, technological improvements, and operating results. Any impairment write-downs would be treated as permanent reductions in the carrying amounts of the assets and a charge to operations would be recognized. No impairments were recorded for long-lived assets during the year ended December 31, 2013. An impairment loss on project assets of $2,055 was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2014.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Goodwill, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Goodwill

	Goodwill is an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Goodwill is reviewed for impairment at least annually. In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08, Testing Goodwill for Impairment, which provides an entity the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more-likely-than-not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount prior to performing the two-step goodwill impairment test. If this is the case, the two-step goodwill impairment test is required. If it is more-likely-than-not that the fair value of a reporting is greater than its carrying amount, the two-step goodwill impairment test is not required.

	If the two-step goodwill impairment test is required, first, the fair value of the reporting unit is compared with its carrying amount (including goodwill). If the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, an indication of goodwill impairment exists for the reporting unit and the entity must perform step two of the impairment test (measurement). Under step two, an impairment loss is recognized for any excess of the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s goodwill over the implied fair value of that goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined by allocating the fair value of the reporting unit in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation and the residual fair value after this allocation is the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill. Fair value of the reporting unit is determined using a discounted cash flow analysis. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, step two does not need to be performed.

	The Company performs its annual impairment review of goodwill at December 31, and when a triggering event occurs between annual impairment tests. No impairment loss was recorded for any of the periods presented.
Standard Product Warranty, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Product warranties

	The Company offers the industry standard warranty up to 25 years PV modules and industry standard five to ten years on inverter and balance of system components. Due to the warranty period, the Company bears the risk of extensive warranty claims long after products have been shipped and revenues have been recognized. For the Company’s cable, wire and mechanical assemblies business, historically the related warranty claims have not been material. For the Company’s solar PV business, the greatest warranty exposure is in the form of product replacement.

	During the quarter ended September 30, 2007 and continuing through the fourth quarter of 2010, the Company installed own manufactured solar panels. Other than this period, the Company only installed panels manufactured by unrelated third parties as well as the Company’s principal shareholder and formerly controlling shareholder, LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (“LDK”). Certain PV construction contracts entered into during the recent years included provisions under which we agreed to provide warranties to the buyer. As a result, we recorded the provision for the estimated warranty exposure on these contracts within cost of sales. Since the Company does not have sufficient historical data to estimate its exposure, the Company’s own historical data in combination with historical data reported by other solar system installers and manufacturers were considered when the warranty exposure is estimated.
Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Income taxes

	The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax reporting bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years. Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the weight of available evidence, including expected future earnings. A valuation allowance is recognized if it is more likely than not that some portion, or all, of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. Should we determine that we would be able to realize deferred tax assets in the future in excess of the net recorded amount, we would record an adjustment to the deferred tax asset valuation allowance. This adjustment would increase income in the period such determination is made.

	Profit from non-U.S. activities is subject to local country taxes but not subject to U.S. tax until repatriated to the U.S. It is the Company’s intention to permanently reinvest these earnings outside the U.S., subject to our management’s continuing assessment as to whether repatriation may, in some cases, still be in the best interests of the Company. The calculation of tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex global tax regulations.

	The Company recognizes the benefit of uncertain tax positions in its financial statements when it concludes that a tax position is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination based solely on its technical merits. Only after a tax position passes the first step of recognition will measurement be required. Under the measurement step, the tax benefit is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is more likely than not to be realized upon effective settlement. This is determined on a cumulative probability basis. The Company elects to accrue any interest or penalties related to its uncertain tax positions as part of its income tax expense. No reserve for uncertainty tax position was booked by the Company for the year ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.
Revenue Recognition, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Revenue recognition

	Product sales

	Revenue on product sales is recognized when there is evidence of an arrangement, title and risk of ownership have passed (generally upon delivery), the price to the buyer is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company makes determination of our customer’s credit worthiness at the time it accepts their initial order. For cable, wire and mechanical assembly sales, there are no formal customer acceptance requirements or further obligations related to our assembly services once the Company ships its products. Customers do not have a general right of return on products shipped therefore the Company makes no provisions for returns.

	Construction contracts

	Revenue on photovoltaic system construction contracts is generally recognized using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting, unless we cannot make reasonably dependable estimates of the costs to complete the contract or the contact value is not fixed, in which case we would use the completed contract method. Under the percentage-of-completion method, the Company measures the cost incurred on each project at the end of each reporting period and compares the result against the estimated total costs at completion. The percentage of cost incurred determines the amount of revenue to be recognized. Payment terms are generally defined by the contract and as a result may not match the timing of the costs incurred by the Company and the earnings accrued thereon. Such differences are recorded as costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts (an asset account) or billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts (a liability account). For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, $5,600 and nil of progress payments have been netted against contracts costs disclosed in the account costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts.

	The percentage-of-completion method requires the use of various estimates, including, among others, the extent of progress towards completion, contract revenues and contract completion costs. Contract revenues and contract costs to be recognized are dependent on the accuracy of estimates, including direct material and labor costs and those indirect costs related to contract performance, such as indirect labor, supplies, tools, repairs, and depreciation costs. The Company has a history of making reasonable estimates of the extent of progress towards completion, contract revenues and contract completion costs. However, due to uncertainties inherent in the estimation process, it is possible that actual contract revenues and completion costs may vary from estimates. Under the completed-contract method, contract costs are recorded to a deferred project costs account and cash received are recorded to a liability account during the periods of construction. All revenues, costs, and profits are recognized in operations upon completion of the contract. A contract is considered complete and revenue recognized when all costs except insignificant items have been incurred and final acceptance has been received from the customer and receivables are deemed to be collectible. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts, if any, are recognized in the period in which the loss first becomes probable and reasonably estimable.

	Sales of project assets

	For those projects where the Company is considered to be the owner, the project is accounted for under the requirements of real estate accounting. In the event of a sale, the method of revenue recognition is determined by considering the extent of the buyer’s initial and continuing investment and the nature and the extent of the Company’s continuing involvement. Generally, revenue and profit are recognized using the full accrual method once the sale is consummated, the buyer’s initial and continuing investment is sufficient to demonstrate a commitment to pay for the property, the buyer’s receivable is not subject to any future subordination, the Company has transferred the usual risk and reward of ownership to the buyer and the Company does not have a substantial continuing involvement with the property. When continuing involvement is substantial and not temporary, the Company applies the financing method, whereby the asset remains on the balance sheet and the proceeds received are recorded as a financing obligation. When a sale is not recognized due to continuing involvement and the financing method is applied, the Company records revenue and expenses related to the underlying operations of the asset in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

	Services revenue under power purchase agreements

	The Company derives services revenues from PV solar systems held for own use through the sale of energy to grid operators pursuant to terms set forth in power purchase agreements or local government regulations (“PPAs"). The Company has determined that none of the PPAs contains a lease since (i) the purchaser does not have the rights to operate the project assets, (ii) the purchaser does not have the rights to control physical access to the project assets, and (iii) the price that the purchaser pays is at a fixed price per unit of output. Revenue is recognized based upon the output of electricity delivered multiplied by the rates specified in the PPAs, assuming all other revenue recognition criteria are met.

	Operation and maintenance

	Operation and maintenance revenue is billed and recognized as services are performed. Costs of these revenues are expensed in the period they are incurred.
Foreign Currency Transactions and Translations Policy [Policy Text Block]	Foreign currency translation and foreign currency risk

	The United States dollar (“US dollar”), the currency in which a substantial portion of SPI’s transactions are denominated, is used as is functional and reporting currency. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the US dollar are translated into US dollar at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in currencies other than the US dollar during the year are converted into the US dollar at the applicable rates of exchange prevailing at the beginning of the month the transactions occurred. Transaction gains and losses are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. Exchange gain of $1,489 and $281, respectively were recognized and recorded in other income- others in the consolidated statement of operations during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.

	The financial records of the Company’s subsidiaries outside of the US are maintained in local currencies other than US dollar, such as RMB and Euro, which are also their functional currencies. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rates at the balance sheet date, equity accounts are translated at historical exchange rates and revenues, expenses, gains and losses are translated using the average rate for the year. Translation adjustments are reported as cumulative translation adjustments and are shown as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income in the statement of comprehensive income.

	The RMB is not a freely convertible currency. The PRC State Administration for Foreign Exchange, under the authority of the PRC government, controls the conversion of RMB to foreign currencies. The value of the RMB is subject to changes of central government policies and international economic and political developments affecting supply and demand in the China foreign exchange trading system market. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash denominated in RMB amounted to $68,469 and $8 as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. As of December 31, 2014, all of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash were held in major financial institutions located in PRC, European, USA and Asia Pacific.
Share-based Compensation, Option and Incentive Plans Policy [Policy Text Block]	Stock-based compensation

	The Company’s share-based payment transactions with employees, such as restricted shares and share options, are measured based on the grant- date fair value of the equity instrument issued. The fair value of the award is recognized as compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award, which is generally the vesting period.
Derivatives, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Derivative instruments

	The Company enters into derivative financial instrument arising from an asset acquisition as mentioned in Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements. The Company recognizes all derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities in the balance sheet at their respective fair values. Changes in the fair value are recognized in earnings.
New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Recently Adopted and Recently Issued Accounting Guidance

	In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, Presentation of Financial Statements and Property, Plant, and Equipment, which requires only disposals representing a strategic shift in operations to be presented as discontinued operations. Those strategic shifts should have a major effect on the entity’s operation and financial results. Examples include a disposal of a major geographic area, a major line of business, or a major equity method investment. In addition, the new guidance requires expanded disclosures about discontinued operations. These changes will become effective for the Company on January 1, 2015. Management does not expect the adoption of these changes to have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.

	In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. ASU 2014-09 will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. ASU 2014-09 is effective for the Company on January 1, 2017. Early application is not permitted. The standard permits the use of either a retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company has not determined which transition method it will adopt, and is currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2014-09 will have on the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures upon adoption.

	In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern (Subtopic 205- 40): Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, which requires management to evaluate, at each annual and interim reporting period, whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related disclosures. ASU 2014-15 is effective for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 and for interim periods thereafter. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.

	In January 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-01, Income Statement —Extraordinary and Unusual Items (Subtopic 225- 20), which eliminates the concept of reporting for extraordinary items. ASU 2015-01 is effective for the Company for fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 and for interim periods thereafter. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

	On February 18, 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-02, Consolidation, which reduces the number of consolidation models and simplifies the current standard. Entities may no longer need to consolidate a legal entity in certain circumstances based solely on its fee arrangements when certain criteria are met. ASU 2015-02 reduces the frequency of the application of related-party guidance when determining a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity. ASU 2015-02 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]			December 31,			December 31,
			2014			2013
	PV solar systems		$	110,553		$	14,852
	Plant and machinery			33			33
	Furniture, fixtures and equipment			269			269
	Automobile			75			-
	Computers and software			1,296			1,153
	Leasehold improvements			4			4
				112,230			16,311
	Less: accumulated depreciation			(5,792	)		(4,559	)
			$	106,438		$	11,752
Estimated Useful Lives [Member]
Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]	Plant and machinery (years)	5
	Furniture, fixtures and equipment (years)	5-Mar
	Computers and software (years)	5-Mar
	Automobile (years)	3
	Leasehold improvements	The shorter of the estimated life or the lease term
	PV solar system (years)	25-27

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Note 3 - Business Combinations (Tables)	12 Months Ended
Note 3 - Business Combinations (Tables)	Dec. 31, 2014
Disclosure Text Block Supplement [Abstract]
Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]		USD
	Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed
	Cash and cash equivalents		958
	Accounts receivable		5,793
	Other receivable		2,398
	Property, plant and equipment		71,098
	Long term receivables		14
	Deferred tax assets		1,719
	Accounts payable		(1,944	)
	Income tax payable		(381	)
	Other accrued liabilities		(222	)
	Other long-term liability		(4	)
	Deferred tax liabilities		(4,859	)
	Identifiable net assets acquired (a)		74,570
	Consideration
	Cash Consideration		4,209
	Payable Settlement		57,365
	Stock Consideration		78,955

	Total consideration (b)		140,529
	Goodwill (b - a)		65,959
		USD
	Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed
	Cash and cash equivalents		16
	Accounts receivable		2,168
	Other receivable		3,292
	Prepaid expenses and other current assets		7
	Property, plant and equipment		26,402
	Land use rights		402
	Deferred tax assets		358
	Income tax payable		(325	)
	Others		(1,782	)
	Identifiable net assets acquired (a)		30,538

	Cash consideration and Xinte Payable Settlement (b)		30,624
	Goodwill (b - a)		86
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]		Pro forma year ended			Pro forma year ended
		December 31,			December 31,
		2014 (Unaudited)			2013 (Unaudited)

	Net revenue	$	105,314		$	43,551
	Net loss	$	(3,152	)	$	(40,103	)

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Note 8 - Project Assets (Tables)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Construction In Progress [Abstract]
Schedule of Other Assets [Table Text Block]		December 31,
		2014
	Under development-Company as project owner	$	75,346
	Held for sale		-
	Total project assets held for development and sales		75,346
	Under development-Company expected to be project owner upon the completion of construction*		19,849
	Total project assets		95,195
	Current, net of impairment loss	$	73,930
	Noncurrent	$	21,265

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Note 10 - Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)	12 Months Ended
Note 10 - Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)	Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]		December 31,			December 31,
		2014			2013
	PV solar systems	$	110,553		$	14,852
	Plant and machinery		33			33
	Furniture, fixtures and equipment		269			269
	Automobile		75			-
	Computers and software		1,296			1,153
	Leasehold improvements		4			4
			112,230			16,311
	Less: accumulated depreciation		(5,792	)		(4,559	)
		$	106,438		$	11,752

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Note 12 - Derivative Liability (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

Level

December 31,

December 31,

2014

2013

Included in other current liabilities : Derivative liability

Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Table Text Block]

Fair value at

Valuation

Unobservable

December 31,

technique

input

2014

Liabilities:

Derivative liability

Black-Scholes option

Prevailing interest rates, Company’s stock price volatility, expected term

pricing model

Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

Derivative Liability

Opening balance – December 31, 2013

Purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements

983

Transfers into and (or) out of Level 3

Change in fair value

972

Closing balance –December 31, 2014

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Note 14 - Other Liabilities (Tables)	12 Months Ended
Note 14 - Other Liabilities (Tables)	Dec. 31, 2014
Other Liabilities and Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption [Abstract]
Other Liabilities [Table Text Block]		December 31,		December 31,
		2014		2013

	Derivative liability		11		-
	Other liability—current portion (Note 3)		33,751		-
	Current portion of other liabilities		33,762		-

	Other liability—non-current portion (Note 3)		25,535		-
	Accrued warranty reserve		1,608		1,422
	Non-current portion of other liabilities		27,143		1,422

	Total of other liabilities		60,905		1,422

Note_15_Goodwill_and_Other_Int1

Note 15 - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)	12 Months Ended
Note 15 - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)	Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]		USD
	Balance as of December 31, 2013	$	-
	Acquisition of Sinsin (Note 3)		65,959
	Acquisition of Xinte (Note 3)		86
	Balance as of December 31, 2014	$	66,045
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]		Useful Life		Gross		Impairment		Accumulated			Net
		(in months)		Gross		Charge		Amortization			Net
	As of December 31, 2014
	Patent		57	$	2,700	$	-	$	(2,140	)	$	560
				$	2,700	$	-	$	(2,140	)	$	560

	As of December 31, 2013
	Patent		57	$	2,700	$	-	$	(1,568	)	$	1,132
				$	2,700	$	-	$	(1,568	)	$	1,132

Note_18_Stockholders_Equity_Ta

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Tables)	12 Months Ended
Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Tables)	Dec. 31, 2014
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]
Schedule of Common Stock Issuance [Table Text Block]	Purchasers and their places of incorporation	Securities sold	Date of securities issued	Consideration

	Y&C Investment Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong)	3,125,000 Shares	26-Jun-14	$500, or $0.16 per Share
	Happy Goal Industries (Hong Kong)	6,250,000 Shares	26-Jun-14	$1,000, or $0.16 per Share
	Robust Elite Limited (Hong Kong) (“Robust Elite”)	37,500,000 shares	June 27, 2014 and July 15, 2014	$6,000 or $0.16 per Share
	Well Vast Investment Limited (Hong Kong)	20,312,500 Shares	13-Aug-14	$3,250, or $0.16 per Share
	Robust Elite	68,750,000 Shares¹	15-Aug-14	$11,000, or $0.16 per Share
	Joy Sky Investment Limited (British Virgin Islands)	55,560,000 Shares	16-Sep-14	$15,001, or $0.27 per Share
	Strong Textile Hong Kong Limited (Hong Kong)(“Strong Textile”)	37,060,000 Shares	22-Sep-14	$10,006, or $0.27 per Share
	Hawaiian Power, HPL (Arizona) (“HPL”)	3,000,000 Shares²	24-Sep-14	$3,300, or $1.10 per Share
	Sinsin Europe Solar Asset L.P.	38,225,846 Shares³	3-Oct-14	$78,955
	Smart Range Investments Limited (British Virgin Islands)	21,739,500 Shares	16-Oct-14	$30,001
	Harker Investment Limited (Seychelles)	8,600,000 Shares	3-Nov-14	$10,062
	Ju Yuan Holdings Limited (British Virgin Islands)	1,000,000 Shares	3-Nov-14	$1,170
	Hong Kong Ding Chen Group Investment International Development Limited (Hong Kong)	1,720,000 Shares	3-Nov-14	$2,012
	Strong Textile	5,000,000 Shares	10-Nov-14	$5,850
	Allied Energy Holding Pte Ltd (Singapore)	6,000,000 Shares	10-Nov-14	$7,020
	Hong Kong Victory Consulting Management Co., Limited (Hong Kong)	1,720,000 Shares	10-Nov-14	$2,012
	Home Value Holding Co., limited (British Virgin Islands)(“Home Value”)	17,200,000 Shares	11-Nov-14	$20,124
	Signet Worldwide Limited (British Virgin Islands)	10,000,000 Shares	24-Nov-14	$13,800
	Home Value	17,200,000 Shares⁴	31-Dec-14	$20,125
	Brilliant King Group Ltd. (British Virgin Islands) (“Brilliant King”)	6,000,000 Shares	31-Dec-14	$12,000, or $2.0 per Share
	Poseidon Sports Limited (Cayman Islands) (“Poseidon”)	1,500,000 Shares	31-Dec-14	$3,000, or $2.0 per Share
	Border Dragon Limited (British Virgin Islands) (“Border Dragon”)	2,500,000 Shares	December 31. 2014	$5,000, or $2.0 per Share

Note_19_Stockbased_Compensatio1

Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Tables)	12 Months Ended
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Tables)	Dec. 31, 2014
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Table Text Block]			For the Years Ended
			31-Dec-14				31-Dec-13
	Employee stock options		$	332			$	575
	Restricted stock grants			24				-
	Total stock-based compensation expense		$	356			$	575
Schedule of Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Table Text Block]			For the Years Ended
			31-Dec-14				31-Dec-13
	General and administrative		$	326			$	429
	Sales, marketing and customer service			30				100
	Engineering, design and product management			-				46
	Total stock-based compensation expense			356				575
	Tax effect on stock-based compensation expense			-				-
	Total stock-based compensation expense after income taxes		$	356			$	575
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]			For the Years Ended
			31-Dec-14										31-Dec-13
	Expected term							4										3.75
	Risk-free interest rate			1.39	%			-			1.85%			0.95	%			-	1.20%
	Expected volatility			141	%			-			144%			106	%			-	118%
	Expected dividend yield							0%										0%
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]			Shares				Weighted-			Weighted-			Aggregate
							Average			Average			Intrinsic
							Exercise			Remaining			Value
							Price Per			Contractual			$0
							Share			Term
	Outstanding as of January 1, 2013			5,836,500			$	0.45
	Granted			4,450,000				0.06
	Exercised			—				—
	Forfeited			(3,172,250	)			0.47
	Outstanding as of December 31, 2013			7,114,250				0.2
	Granted			24,345,000				0.88
	Exercised			(895,000	)			0.22
	Forfeited			(5,135,250	)			0.25
	Outstanding as of December 31, 2014			25,429,000				0.84			5.65		$	30,302
	Vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2014			1,492,000				0.44			1.92		$	2,316
	Vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2014			16,871,918				0.57			5.46		$	20,596
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, by Exercise Price Range [Table Text Block]						Shares			Weighted			Weighted				Aggregate
	Range of					Exercisable			average			average				Intrinsic
	exercise price								remaining			exercise				$0
									contractual			price
									life
	$0.51	-	$1.24				200,000			-		$	1.24			$	970
	$0.30	-	$0.50				792,000			1.32			0.48				1,196
	$0.05	-	$0.29				500,000			3.64			0.05				150
							1,492,000			1.92		$	0.44			$	2,316
Schedule of Nonvested Share Activity [Table Text Block]			Time-based Options							Restricted Stock
			Shares				Weighted			Shares			Weighted
							Average						Average
							Exercise						Grant Date
							Price						Fair Value
							Per Share						Per Share
	Non-vested as of January 1, 2013			4,227,000			$	0.38			-		$	-
	Granted			4,450,000				0.06			-
	Vested			(802,750	)			0.41			-
	Forfeited			(2,195,500	)			0.64			-
	Non-vested as of December 31, 2013			5,678,750			$	0.13			-			-
	Granted			24,345,000				0.88			525,000			-
	Vested			(1,708,500	)			0.24			-			-
	Forfeited			(4,378,250	)			0.24			-			-
	Non-vested as of December 31, 2014			23,937,000				0.84			525,000		$	-
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block]			Number				Weighted Average
			of Shares				Grant-Date
							Fair Value
	Restricted stock units at January 1, 2013			1,325,868				0.63
	Granted			-				-
	Forfeited			-				-
	Restricted stock units at December 31, 2013			1,325,868			$	0.63
	Granted			525,000				0.75
	Forfeited			-				-
	Restricted stock units at December 31, 2014			1,850,868				0.66

Note_20_Income_Taxes_Tables

Note 20 - Income Taxes (Tables)	12 Months Ended
Note 20 - Income Taxes (Tables)	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]		2014			2013
	United States	$	(15,007	)	$	(20,887	)
	Foreign		12,851			(10,544	)
		$	(2,156	)	$	(31,431	)
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]		2014			2013
	Current:
	Federal	$	-		$	-
	State		-			7
	Foreign		3,040			979
	Total current					986
	Deferred:
	Federal		-			-
	State		-			-
	Foreign		-			(173	)
	Total deferred		-			(173	)
	Total provision for income taxes	$	3,040		$	813
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]		2014			2013
	Provision for income taxes at U.S. Federal statutory rate	$	(755	)	$	(11,001	)
	State taxes, net of federal benefit		13			4
	Foreign taxes at different rate		(1,444	)		4,500
	Non-deductible expenses		(2	)		100
	Valuation allowance		6,263			7,078
	Other		2			(114	)
	Prior year deconsolidation		(1,237	)		-
	Impairments and intangible amortization		200			246

		$	3,040		$	813
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]		2014			2013
	Deferred income tax assets:
	Net operating loss carry forwards	$	31,785		$	25,458
	Temporary differences due to accrued warranty costs		706			684
	Temporary differences due to bonus and vacation accrual		16			33
	Employment turnover		666			-
	Investment in subsidiaries		3,257			-
	Credits		16			16
	Allowance for bad debts		1,196			2,474
	Fair value adjustment arising from subsidiaries acquisition		358			-
	Other temporary differences		1,041			595

			39,041			29,260
	Valuation allowance		(38,017	)		(29,260	)

	Total deferred income tax assets		1,024			-

	Deferred income tax liabilities:
	Fair value adjustment arising from subsidiaries acquisition		3,680			-

	Total deferred income tax liabilities		3,680			-

	Net deferred tax liabilities	$	2,656		$	-

Note_21_Net_Loss_Per_Share_of_1

Note 21 - Net Loss Per Share of Common Stock (Tables)	12 Months Ended
Note 21 - Net Loss Per Share of Common Stock (Tables)	Dec. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]		December 31,			December 31,
		2014			2013
	Numerator:
	Net loss	$	(5,196	)	$	(32,244	)

	Denominator:
	Basic weighted-average common shares		307,005			198,214

	Effect of dilutive shares
	Options		-			-
	Warrants		-			-
	Diluted weighted-average common shares		307,005			198,214
	Basic net loss per share	$	(0.02	)	$	(0.16	)
	Diluted net loss per share		(0.02	)		(0.16	)

Note_22_Commitments_and_Contin1

Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)	12 Months Ended
Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)	Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Schedule of Product Warranty Liability [Table Text Block]		2014		2013
	Beginning balance - January 1	$	1,537	$	1,537
	Provision charged to warranty expense		-		-
	Less: warranty claims		-		-
	Ending balance - December 31,		1,537		1,537
	Current portion of warranty liability		-		200
	Non-current portion of warranty liability	$	1,537	$	1,337
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block]	2015	$	1,227
	2016		1,103
	2017		879
	Thereafter		10,323
		$	13,532

Note_23_Operating_Risk_Tables

Note 23 - Operating Risk (Tables)	12 Months Ended
Note 23 - Operating Risk (Tables)	Dec. 31, 2014
Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Note 23 - Operating Risk (Tables) [Line Items]
Schedules of Concentration of Risk, by Risk Factor [Table Text Block]		2014					2013
				% of Total					% of Total
	Customer	Revenue		Revenue			Revenue		Revenue
	Zhongwei Hanky Wiye Solar Co., Ltd.		27,871		30	%		-		-	%
	Alxa League Zhiwei Photovoltaic Power Generation Co., Ltd.		23,939		26	%		-		-	%
	Xinyu Realforce Energy Co., Ltd.		23,585		26	%		-		-	%
	KDC Solar Credit LS, LLC		11,886		13	%		22,829		54	%
	Thermi Venture S.A.		-		-	%		13,854		32	%

		$	87,281		95	%	$	36,683		86	%
Accounts Receivable [Member]
Note 23 - Operating Risk (Tables) [Line Items]
Schedules of Concentration of Risk, by Risk Factor [Table Text Block]		2014					2013
	Customer			% of Total					% of Total
	Zhongwei Hanky Wiye Solar Co., Ltd.		28,751		27	%		-		-	%
	Alxa League Zhiwei Photovoltaic Power Generation Co., Ltd.		27,008		25	%		-		-	%
	Xinyu Realforce Energy Co., Ltd.		24,776		23	%		-		-	%
	KDC Solar Credit LS, LLC		6,611		6	%		13,668		31	%
	Thermi Venture S.A.		6,445		6	%		8,801		20	%
	SDL Solar Ltd.		5,735		5	%		7,056		16	%
	Solar Hub		-		-	%		8,450		19	%
		$	99,326		92	%	$	37,975		86	%

Note_24_Segment_information_Ta

Note 24 - Segment information (Tables)	12 Months Ended
Note 24 - Segment information (Tables)	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Reconciliation of Revenue from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]		2014		2013
	EPC revenue	$	87,281	$	39,290
	Service revenue with PPAs		2,144		2,037
	O&M services revenue		175		1,302
	Residential PV systems		1,080		-
	Others		962		-
		$	91,642	$	42,629
Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block]	Location (a)	2014		2013
	United States	$	14,690	$	25,347
	Greece		526		13,854
	Italy		-		3,428
	China		76,426		-
		$	91,642	$	42,629
Schedule of Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Individual Foreign Countries by Country [Table Text Block]	Location	2014		2013
	United States	$	11,630	$	11,750
	Greece		68,708		-
	China		46,872		2
	Japan		493		-
		$	127,703	$	11,752

Note_2_Summary_of_Significant_2

Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges		$7,500,000
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of		7,500,000
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use		0
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	0	0
Unrecognized Tax Benefits	0	0
Proceeds from Customers for Progress Payments	5,600,000
Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash	8,000	68,469,000
Other Income [Member]
Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), before Tax	1,489,000	281,000
Project Assets [Member]
Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Line Items]
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of	$2,055,000
PV Modules [Member]
Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Line Items]
Warranty Term	25 years
Inverter and Balance of System Components [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Line Items]
Warranty Term	5 years
Inverter and Balance of System Components [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Line Items]
Warranty Term	10 years
Minimum [Member]
Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Line Items]
Contract Terms	30 days
Maximum [Member]
Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Line Items]
Contract Terms	365 days

Note_2_Summary_of_Significant_3

Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Property, Plant and Equipment Useful Lives	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014
Plant and Machinery [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment useful life	5 years
Furniture and Fixtures [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment useful life	3 years
Furniture and Fixtures [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment useful life	5 years
Computer Equipment [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment useful life	3 years
Computer Equipment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment useful life	5 years
Automobiles [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment useful life	3 years
Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Leasehold improvements	The shorter of the estimated life or the lease term
PV Solar Systems [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment useful life	25 years
PV Solar Systems [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment useful life	27 years

Note_3_Business_Combinations_D

Note 3 - Business Combinations (Details)

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

Nov. 06, 2014

Dec. 31, 2014

Sep. 05, 2014

Dec. 31, 2014

Dec. 01, 2014

Dec. 31, 2014

Dec. 01, 2014

Nov. 06, 2014

USD ($)

Ordinary A Shares [Member]

Ordinary B Shares [Member]

Sinsin Renewable Investment Limited [Member]

Gonghe County Photovoltaic Co. Ltd (Xinte) [Member]

Sinsin Europe [Member]

Sinsin Solar Capital [Member]

Other Current Liabilities [Member]

Other Noncurrent Liabilities [Member]

USD ($)

EUR (€)

USD ($)

EUR (€)

Other Current Liabilities [Member]

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Member]

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

Note 3 - Business Combinations (Details) [Line Items]

Shares Purchased from Equity Holders of Seperate Entity (in Shares)

99,999

Number of Photovoltaic Plants

Number of Special Purpose Vehicles

Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross

$6,652,000

$4,209,000

€ 3,370,000

$30,624,000

Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares (in Shares)

38,225,846

57,365,000

45,929,000

23,705,000

147,077,000

Business Combination Cash Paid and Accounts Payable Total

61,574,000

49,299,000

30,624,000

190,077,000

Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities

29,850,000

Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash and Accounts Payable to be Paid to Former Owner

25,531,000

78,955,000

3,701,000

23,705,000

Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual

346,000

Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Earnings or Loss of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual

55,000

Business Combination, Consideration Transferred

140,529,000

6,919,000

43,000,000

Business Combination Accounts Payable Amount Bearing Interest

($23,333)

144,200

Business Combination Accounts Payable Interest Rate

3.88%

Business Combination Percentage of Equity Interest Pledged to Seller

85.00%

Note_3_Business_Combinations_D1

Note 3 - Business Combinations (Details) - Allocation of Purchase Price	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 01, 2014	Dec. 01, 2014	Dec. 01, 2014	Nov. 06, 2014	Nov. 06, 2014	Nov. 06, 2014
	USD ($)	Sinsin Renewable Investment Limited [Member]	Sinsin Renewable Investment Limited [Member]	Sinsin Renewable Investment Limited [Member]	Gonghe County Photovoltaic Co. Ltd (Xinte) [Member]	Gonghe County Photovoltaic Co. Ltd (Xinte) [Member]	Gonghe County Photovoltaic Co. Ltd (Xinte) [Member]
		USD ($)	EUR (€)	USD ($)	USD ($)	CNY	USD ($)
Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed
Cash and cash equivalents				$958,000			$16,000
Accounts receivable				5,793,000			2,168,000
Other receivable				2,398,000			3,292,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets							7,000
Property, plant and equipment				71,098,000			26,402,000
Land use rights							402,000
Long term receivables				14,000
Deferred tax assets				1,719,000			358,000
Accounts payable				-1,944,000
Income tax payable				-381,000			-325,000
Others							-1,782,000
Other accrued liabilities				-222,000
Other long-term liability				-4,000
Deferred tax liabilities				-4,859,000
Identifiable net assets acquired				74,570,000			30,538,000
Cash Consideration	6,652,000	4,209,000	3,370,000		30,624,000
Payable Settlement		57,365,000
Stock Consideration				78,955,000
Total consideration (b)		140,529,000			6,919,000	43,000,000
Goodwill	$66,045,000			$65,959,000			$86,000

Note_3_Business_Combinations_D2

Note 3 - Business Combinations (Details) - Pro Forma Information (Xinte and Sinsin Combined Acquisitions [Member], USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Xinte and Sinsin Combined Acquisitions [Member]
Note 3 - Business Combinations (Details) - Pro Forma Information [Line Items]
Net revenue	$105,314	$43,551
Net loss	($3,152)	($40,103)

Note_4_Deconsolidation_of_SGT_

Note 4 - Deconsolidation of SGT (Details) (Solar Green Technology [Member], USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Solar Green Technology [Member]
Note 4 - Deconsolidation of SGT (Details) [Line Items]
Equity Method Investments, Fair Value Disclosure	$0	$0

Note_5_Shortterm_Investments_D

Note 5 - Short-term Investments (Details)	0 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Nov. 24, 2014	Nov. 13, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 03, 2014	Dec. 03, 2014	Nov. 24, 2014	Nov. 24, 2014	Nov. 13, 2014	Nov. 13, 2014
	Nov. 24, 2014	Nov. 13, 2014	USD ($)	USD ($)	CNY	USD ($)	CNY	USD ($)	CNY
Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract]
Short-term Investments			$27,354			$19,309	120,000	$8,045	50,000
Short-term Investment, Estimated Rate of Return	4.50%	5.00%
Short-term Debt				$5,632	35,000

Note_6_Accounts_and_Notes_Rece1

Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013		Sep. 30, 2014	Nov. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	15-May-14	Jul. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2011
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Revenues	$91,642,000	[1]	$42,629,000	[1]
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Receivable	1,272,000		-11,491,000
Accounts Receivable, Net, Current	22,654,000		6,260,000
Accounts Receivable, Net, Noncurrent	4,490,000		12,349,000
Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Net, Noncurrent	6,611,000		13,668,000
Increase (Decrease) in Inventories	-3,838,000		-1,025,000
Proceeds from Collection of Notes Receivable			7,007,000
Beaver Run Project [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Construction and Development Costs	5,791,000
Solar Panels [Member] \| Exchange and Release Agreement [Member] \| KDC Solar RTC, LLC [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Increase (Decrease) in Inventories					7,887,000
Solar Modules [Member] \| Beaver Run [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Increase (Decrease) in Inventories						-2,094,000
Sale of Greece Project [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Receivable			8,800
Accounts Receivable Extended Collection Period			6 years
Sale of Greece Project [Member] \| Completed Contract Method [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Revenues			13,900,000
Second Unrealated Customer [Member] \| Expected Collection Period [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Accounts Receivable, Collection Term							1 year
Second Unrealated Customer [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Accounts Receivable, Net, Current	7,705,000		4,258,000
Accounts Receivable, Net, Noncurrent	4,476,000		12,349,000
Exchange and Release Agreement [Member] \| KDC Solar RTC, LLC [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Net, Noncurrent					13,668,000
Proceeds from Collection of Notes Receivable					5,781,000
Seashore Solar Development [Member] \| Cash [Member] \| Settled Litigation [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Litigation Settlement, Amount								750,000
Seashore Solar Development [Member] \| Solar Panels [Member] \| Settled Litigation [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Litigation Settlement, Amount								1,395,000
Seashore Solar Development [Member] \| Settled Litigation [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Value									2,800,000
Financing Receivable, Gross								3,699,000
Beaver Run [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Receivable						-2,882,000
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired						100.00%
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred						5,196,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Other						-300,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred						-488,000
KDC Solar RTC, LLC [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Accounts Receivable, Collection Term			15 years
Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Net, Noncurrent	6,611,000		13,668,000
Beaver Run [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Net, Noncurrent			$2,882,000
Seashore Solar Development [Member]
Note 6 - Accounts and Notes Receivable (Details) [Line Items]
Solar Panels Sold										11,374

[1]	Sales are attributed to countries based on location of customer.

Note_7_Costs_and_Estimated_Ear1

Note 7 - Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
Note 7 - Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts (Details) [Line Items]
Revenues	$91,642	[1]	$42,629	[1]
Three EPC Projects [Member]
Note 7 - Costs and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts (Details) [Line Items]
Revenues	$75,395

[1]	Sales are attributed to countries based on location of customer.

Note_8_Project_Assets_Details

Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	2 Months Ended
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 15, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013	31-May-14	Mar. 31, 2013	Jun. 08, 2012	Apr. 27, 2012	Sep. 18, 2014
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
			$73,930,000	[1]
			75,346,000	[1]
Financing Receivable, Net					8,450,000
Calwaii [Member] \| Note Receivable Including Accrued Interest [Member]
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
Assets Acquired at Cost	9,448,000
Calwaii [Member] \| Previously Held Equity Interest [Member]
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
Assets Acquired at Cost	1,376,000
Calwaii [Member] \| HPL [Member]
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
Percentage of Membership Interest Acquired	50.00%
Assets Acquisition, Consideration Transferred	4,783,000
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets	500,000
Assets Acquisition, Consideration Transferred, Stock Issued, Value	3,300,000
Assets Acquisition, Contingent Consideration	983,000
Calwaii [Member]
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
Percentage of Membership Interest Acquired	100.00%
Assets Acquired at Cost	15,605,000
Solar Hub Utilities, LLC [Member] \| HPL [Member]
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
Percentage of Membership Interest Acquired	89.00%
KDC Solar Mountain Creek Parent LLC [Member]
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
Managing Member Interest Percentage	100.00%
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] \| Calwaii [Member]
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
Variable Interest Entity, Qualitative or Quantitative Information, Ownership Percentage		50.00%
Calwaii [Member]
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
Equity Method Investments						1,376,000
HPL [Member] \| Solar Hub Utilities, LLC [Member]
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	4,783,000
Solar Hub Utilities, LLC [Member]
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Net					8,450,000			9,000,000	1,000,000
Note Receivable, Interest Rate							10.00%		6.00%
Calwaii [Member]
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
Deferred Revenue										5,850
UNITED STATES
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
			48,520,000
UNITED KINGDOM
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
			14,000,000
JAPAN
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
			12,826,000
CHINA
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
			19,849
HAWAII
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
			23,943
NEW JERSEY
Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) [Line Items]
			$17,864

[1]	All of the projects costs under this category were recorded as project assets, noncurrent

Note_8_Project_Assets_Details_

Note 8 - Project Assets (Details) - Summary of Project Assets (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014
Summary of Project Assets [Abstract]
Project assets held for development and sales	$75,346	[1]
Under development-Company expected to be project owner upon the completion of construction*	19,849	[1]
Total project assets	95,195	[1]
Current, net of impairment loss	73,930	[1]
Noncurrent	$21,265	[1]

[1]	All of the projects costs under this category were recorded as project assets, noncurrent

Note_9_Prepaid_Expenses_and_Ot1

Note 9 - Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets (Details) (Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets [Member], State Grid Corporation of China [Member], USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets [Member] \| State Grid Corporation of China [Member]
Note 9 - Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets (Details) [Line Items]
Deposit Assets	$5,250

Note_10_Property_Plant_and_Equ2

Note 10 - Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Note 10 - Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) [Line Items]
Depreciation	$1,267	$1,283
GREECE
Note 10 - Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) [Line Items]
Number of Completed Photovoltaic Plants	8
CHINA
Note 10 - Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) [Line Items]
Number of Completed Photovoltaic Plants	1

Note_10_Property_Plant_and_Equ3

Note 10 - Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) - Property, Plant and Equipment (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property plant and equipment, gross	$112,230	$16,311
Less: accumulated depreciation	-5,792	-4,559
	106,438	11,752
PV Solar Systems [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property plant and equipment, gross	110,553	14,852
Plant and Machinery [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property plant and equipment, gross	33	33
Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property plant and equipment, gross	269	269
Automobiles [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property plant and equipment, gross	75
Computer Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property plant and equipment, gross	1,296	1,153
Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property plant and equipment, gross	$4	$4

Note_11_Investment_in_Affiliat1

Note 11 - Investment in Affiliates (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
Note 11 - Investment in Affiliates (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Apr. 30, 2014	Jul. 29, 2014
Note 11 - Investment in Affiliates (Details) [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Net	$8,450,000
Asset Impairment Charges	7,500,000
Mountain Creek Project [Member] \| Exchange and Release Agreement [Member] \| KDC Solar RTC, LLC [Member]
Note 11 - Investment in Affiliates (Details) [Line Items]
Percent Ownership of Counterparty in Exchange for Note Receivable Due	64.50%
Mountain Creek Project [Member]
Note 11 - Investment in Affiliates (Details) [Line Items]
Percentage of Construction Completed	25.00%
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration		17,864	17,864
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Revenue			0
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Gross Profit (Loss)			0
Loss on Contracts		2,055,000
Exchange and Release Agreement [Member] \| KDC Solar RTC, LLC [Member]
Note 11 - Investment in Affiliates (Details) [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Net	15,036,000
KDC Solar Mountain Creek Parent LLC [Member] \| First Amendment and Restated Exchange and Release Agreement [Member] \| KDC Solar RTC, LLC [Member]
Note 11 - Investment in Affiliates (Details) [Line Items]
Managing Member Interest Percentage				80.00%
Cash Distributions Receivable, Percentage				55.62%
KDC Solar Mountain Creek Parent LLC [Member] \| First Amendment and Restated Exchange and Release Agreement [Member]
Note 11 - Investment in Affiliates (Details) [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage				20.00%
KDC Solar Mountain Creek Parent LLC [Member] \| KDC Solar RTC, LLC [Member]
Note 11 - Investment in Affiliates (Details) [Line Items]
Managing Member Interest Percentage				35.50%
KDC Solar Mountain Creek Parent LLC [Member]
Note 11 - Investment in Affiliates (Details) [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	64.50%
KDC Solar Mountain Creek Parent LLC [Member]
Note 11 - Investment in Affiliates (Details) [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred					0
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net					7,500,000
KDC Solar Mountain Creek Parent LLC (LLC) [Member] \| KDC Solar RTC, LLC [Member]
Note 11 - Investment in Affiliates (Details) [Line Items]
Additional Financing Needed to Continue Construction	10,000,000
KDC Solar RTC, LLC [Member]
Note 11 - Investment in Affiliates (Details) [Line Items]
Managing Member Interest Percentage	35.50%
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, Balance, Principal Amount	7,500,000
Asset Impairment Charges	$7,500,000

Note_12_Derivative_Liability_D

Note 12 - Derivative Liability (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
Note 12 - Derivative Liability (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 22, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Note 12 - Derivative Liability (Details) [Line Items]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure, Nonrecurring	$0			$0
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure, Nonrecurring	0			0
Derivative Financial Instruments, Liabilities [Member]
Note 12 - Derivative Liability (Details) [Line Items]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Liability, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings	972,000
Common Stock [Member] \| Common Stock for Construction in Progress Assets [Member] \| HPL [Member]
Note 12 - Derivative Liability (Details) [Line Items]
Stock Issued		3,300,000,000
Share Price (in Dollars per share)		$1.10
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues (in Shares)		3,000,000
Stock Issurance, Adjustment Threshold, Volume Weighted Average Price (in Dollars per share)		$1
Stock Issurance, Adjustment Threshold trading days		5
Stock, Issurance, Minimum Value		3,000,000,000
Common Stock [Member] \| HPL [Member]
Note 12 - Derivative Liability (Details) [Line Items]
Share Price (in Dollars per share)		$1.10
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues (in Shares)		3,000,000
Common Stock [Member]
Note 12 - Derivative Liability (Details) [Line Items]
Share Price (in Dollars per share)			$1.17
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues (in Shares)	369,948,000		17,200,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Note 12 - Derivative Liability (Details) [Line Items]
Convertible Debt, Fair Value Disclosures	$39,423

Note_12_Derivative_Liability_D1

Note 12 - Derivative Liability (Details) - Fair Value of Derivative Liability (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014
Note 12 - Derivative Liability (Details) - Fair Value of Derivative Liability [Line Items]
Included in other current liabilities : Derivative liability	$11
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Note 12 - Derivative Liability (Details) - Fair Value of Derivative Liability [Line Items]
Included in other current liabilities : Derivative liability	$11

Note_12_Derivative_Liability_D2

Note 12 - Derivative Liability (Details) - Quantitative Information About Company's Level 3 Fair Value Measurements (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Derivative liability	$11
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Derivative liability	$11
Derivative liability	Black-Scholes option pricing model

Note_12_Derivative_Liability_D3

Note 12 - Derivative Liability (Details) - Level 3 Derivative Liability (Derivative Financial Instruments, Liabilities [Member], USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014
Derivative Financial Instruments, Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements	$983
Change in fair value	972
Closing balance â€“December 31, 2014	$11

Note_13_Line_of_Credit_and_Loa1

Note 13 - Line of Credit and Loans Payable (Details)

1 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Jun. 30, 2013

Dec. 31, 2014

Dec. 03, 2014

Jun. 03, 2014

Jul. 31, 2014

Feb. 15, 2012

Dec. 31, 2014

Dec. 12, 2014

Dec. 31, 2014

Dec. 12, 2014

Dec. 31, 2014

Dec. 03, 2014

Dec. 31, 2014

Dec. 29, 2014

Mar. 15, 2015

Jun. 03, 2014

Jul. 31, 2014

15-May-14

Apr. 17, 2014

Feb. 15, 2012

Dec. 26, 2011

Dec. 31, 2014

USD ($)

CNY

Short-term Investments [Member]

Common Stock [Member]

Convertible Bond [Member]

Employee Stock Option [Member]

Loans Payable [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Convertible Bond [Member]

Cathay Bank [Member]

Border Dragon Limited and Forwin International Financial Holding Limited [Member]

Brilliant King, Poseidon and Union Sky [Member]

Loans Payable [Member]

Convertible Bond [Member]

Cathay Bank [Member]

Border Dragon Limited and Forwin International Financial Holding Limited [Member]

Brilliant King, Poseidon and Union Sky [Member]

Loan One [Member]

Loan Two [Member]

Bank of Suzhou [Member]

Brilliant King, Poseidon and Union Sky [Member]

Union Sky [Member]

Non-US Investors [Member]

USD ($)

Loan One [Member]

USD ($)

China Minsheng Bank [Member]

USD ($)

China Minsheng Bank [Member]

USD ($)

Note 13 - Line of Credit and Loans Payable (Details) [Line Items]

Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity

$9,000,000

Line of Credit Facility, Percentage of Amount Outstanding to be Extended

70.00%

Long-term Line of Credit

4,250,000

9,000,000

Interest Payable

100,000

Payments for Legal Settlements

4,400,000

Short-term Debt

5,632,000

35,000,000

5,632,000

9,654,000

32,181,000

Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage

5.88%

5.60%

7.00%

Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount

19,309,000

Debt Instrument, Face Amount

11,000,000

Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price (in Dollars per share)

$0.16

Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued (in Shares)

17,500,000

46,517,812

68,750,000

Debt Instrument, Convertible, Beneficial Conversion Feature

10,312,000

Interest Expense, Debt

1,406,000

Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt

2,600,000

-8,907,000

Proceeds from Convertible Debt

35,000,000

46,000,000

Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights (in Shares)

300,000

7,500,000

27,500,000

Proceeds from Issuance of Warrants

55,000,000

15,000,000

55,000,000

Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per share)

$0.75

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeited in Period (in Shares)

20,000,000

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number (in Shares)

7,500,000

Proceeds from Issuance or Sale of Equity

11,900,000

32,500,000

5,500

Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount

$2,500,000

Note_14_Other_Liabilities_Deta

Note 14 - Other Liabilities (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014
Sinsin Renewable Investment Limited [Member]
Note 14 - Other Liabilities (Details) [Line Items]
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Current	$29,850
Xinte [Member]
Note 14 - Other Liabilities (Details) [Line Items]
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Current	$3,701

Note_14_Other_Liabilities_Deta1

Note 14 - Other Liabilities (Details) - Summary of Other Liabilities (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Summary of Other Liabilities [Abstract]
Derivative liability	$11
Other liabilityâ€”current portion (Note 3)	33,751
Current portion of other liabilities	33,762
Other liabilityâ€”non-current portion (Note 3)	25,535
Accrued warranty reserve	1,608	1,422
Non-current portion of other liabilities	27,143	1,422
Total of other liabilities	$60,905	$1,422

Note_15_Goodwill_and_Other_Int2

Note 15 - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details) (Other Intangible Assets [Member], USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014
Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Note 15 - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details) [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Next Twelve Months	$560

Note_15_Goodwill_and_Other_Int3

Note 15 - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details) - Carrying Amount of Goodwill (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 01, 2014
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill	$66,045
Sinsin Renewable Investment Limited [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill		65,959
Acquisition of goodwill	65,959
Xinte [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisition of goodwill	$86

Note_15_Goodwill_and_Other_Int4

Note 15 - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details) - Other Intangible Assets (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible Assets, Gross	$2,700	$2,700
Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	-2,140	-1,568
Intangible Assets, Net	560	1,132
Patents [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Intangible Assets, Useful Life	57 months	57 months
Intangible Assets, Gross	2,700	2,700
Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	-2,140	-1,568
Intangible Assets, Net	$560	$1,132

Note_17_Stock_option_Details

Note 17 - Stock option (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
Note 17 - Stock option (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 12, 2014	Feb. 15, 2012	Mar. 15, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 15, 2014	Apr. 17, 2014
Common Stock [Member] \| Cathay Bank [Member]
Note 17 - Stock option (Details) [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights		300,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per share)		0.75
Class of Warrant or Right Fair Valued Price Per Share (in Dollars per share)		0.29
Common Stock [Member] \| Brilliant King, Poseidon and Union Sky [Member]
Note 17 - Stock option (Details) [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights	27,500,000			27,500,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per share)	$2			$2
Proceeds from Issuance of Warrants (in Dollars)	$55,000,000
Common Stock [Member] \| Forwin [Member]
Note 17 - Stock option (Details) [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights					5,000,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per share)					$2
Warrant [Member] \| Cathay Bank [Member]
Note 17 - Stock option (Details) [Line Items]
Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate		0.38%
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate		103.00%
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate		0.00%
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term		3 years
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Brilliant King, Poseidon and Union Sky [Member]
Note 17 - Stock option (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number			7,500,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Union Sky [Member]
Note 17 - Stock option (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Expirations			20,000,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number			7,500,000
Cathay Bank [Member]
Note 17 - Stock option (Details) [Line Items]
Long-term Line of Credit (in Dollars)		9,000,000				4,250,000
Brilliant King, Poseidon and Union Sky [Member]
Note 17 - Stock option (Details) [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Warrants (in Dollars)				55,000,000
Forwin [Member]
Note 17 - Stock option (Details) [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Warrants (in Dollars)					$10,000,000

Note_18_Stockholders_Equity_De

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Oct. 03, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 22, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Common Stock, Shares Authorized	1,000,000,000		1,000,000,000				1,000,000,000	250,000,000	250,000,000
Cancellation of Convertible Bond (in Dollars)		$11,000
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued	17,500,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues (in Dollars)			263,528
Common Stock [Member] \| Sinsin Renewable Investment Limited [Member]
Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Acquisitions				38,225,846
Common Stock [Member] \| Convertible Debt [Member]
Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued		68,750,000
Share Price (in Dollars per share)		$0.16
Common Stock [Member] \| HPL [Member]
Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Share Price (in Dollars per share)					$1.10
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues					3,000,000
Common Stock [Member]
Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Share Price (in Dollars per share)						$1.17
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues			369,948,000			17,200,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues (in Dollars)			$37			$20,124

Note_18_Stockholders_Equity_De1

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances (USD $)

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified

Dec. 31, 2014

Jun. 26, 2014

Jul. 15, 2014

Aug. 13, 2014

Aug. 15, 2014

Sep. 16, 2014

Sep. 22, 2014

Sep. 24, 2014

Oct. 03, 2014

Oct. 16, 2014

Nov. 03, 2014

Nov. 10, 2014

Nov. 11, 2014

Nov. 24, 2014

Dec. 31, 2014

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Consideration (in Dollars)

$167,848

Y&C Investment Co., Ltd. [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

3,125,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

500

Consideration (in Dollars per share)

$0.16

Happy Goal Industries [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

6,250,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

1,000

Consideration (in Dollars per share)

$0.16

Robust Elite Limited [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

37,500,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

6,000

Consideration (in Dollars per share)

$0.16

Well Vast Investment Limited [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

20,312,500

Consideration (in Dollars)

3,250

Consideration (in Dollars per share)

$0.16

Robust Elite [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

68,750,000

[1]

Consideration (in Dollars)

11,000

Consideration (in Dollars per share)

$0.16

Joy Sky Investment Limited [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

55,560,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

15,001

Consideration (in Dollars per share)

$0.27

Strong Textile Limited [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

37,060,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

10,006

Consideration (in Dollars per share)

$0.27

Hawaiian Power, HPL (â€œHPLâ€) [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

3,000,000

[2]

Consideration (in Dollars)

3,300

Consideration (in Dollars per share)

$1.10

Sinsin Europe Solar Asset L.P. [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

38,225,846

[3]

Consideration (in Dollars)

78,955

Smart Range Investments Limited [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

21,739,500

Consideration (in Dollars)

30,001

Harker Investment Limited [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

8,600,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

10,062

Ju Yuan Holdings Limited [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

1,000,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

1,170

Hong Kong Ding Chen Group Investment International Development Limited [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

1,720,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

2,012

Strong Textile [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

5,000,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

5,850

Allied Energy Holding Pte Ltd [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

6,000,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

7,020

Hong Kong Victory Consulting Management Co., Limited [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

1,720,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

2,012

Home Value Holding Co. Limited [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

17,200,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

20,124

Signet Worldwide Limited [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

10,000,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

13,800

Home Value [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

17,200,000

[4]

Consideration (in Dollars)

20,125

Brilliant King [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

6,000,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

12,000

Consideration (in Dollars per share)

Poseidon [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

1,500,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

3,000

Consideration (in Dollars per share)

Border Dragon [Member]

Note 18 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Summary of Common Stock Issuances [Line Items]

Securities sold

2,500,000

Consideration (in Dollars)

$5,000

Consideration (in Dollars per share)

[1]

In July 2014, the Company signed an agreement with Robust Elite and canceled and terminated the $11,000 convertible bond. In exchange of the cancellation and termination of the convertible bond, the Company agreed to issue Robust Elite , 68,750,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company at $0.16 per share, the original conversion price of the Convertible Bond.

[2]

In September 2014, the Company issued 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock at $1.10 per share to HPL as a portion of the Company's consideration for the acquisition of the Solar Hub project assets. Refer to Note 8-Project Assets.

[3]

On October 3, 2014, the Company issued 38,225,846 shares of Common Stock as part of the consideration to acquire all the outstanding capital stock of Sinsin as described in Note 3-Business combination.

[4]

On September 22, 2014, the Company grant an option to purchase from the Company a total of 17,200,000 Common Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $20,124, or $1.17 per share. The option was exercised in December 31, 2014.

Note_19_Stockbased_Compensatio2

Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term	4 years	3 years 9 months
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate	0.00%	0.00%
Shares, Outstanding (in Shares)	568,847,967
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding (in Shares)	35,300,000
Convertible Preferred Stock, Shares Reserved for Future Issuance (in Shares)	17,500,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested in Period, Fair Value (in Dollars)	$410	$657
Performance Shares [Member]
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term	5 years
Time-based Options [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period	3 years
Time-based Options [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period	10 years
Time-based Options [Member]
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage	25.00%
Minimum [Member]
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period	5 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	3 years
Maximum [Member]
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period	10 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	4 years
2006 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) [Line Items]
Reserved Share, Percentage of Outstanding Shares	9.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant (in Shares)	29,624,317

Note_19_Stockbased_Compensatio3

Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Consolidated Stock-Based Compensation Expense, by Type of Awards (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$356	$575
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	332	575
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	24
Stock Compensation Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$356	$575

Note_19_Stockbased_Compensatio4

Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Consolidated Stock-Based Compensation by Line Items (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$356	$575
Total stock-based compensation expense	356	575
Total stock-based compensation expense after income taxes	356	575
General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	326	429
Total stock-based compensation expense	326	429
Selling and Marketing Expense [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	30	100
Total stock-based compensation expense	30	100
Engineering Design and Product Development [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Compensation Cost [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense		46
Total stock-based compensation expense		$46

Note_19_Stockbased_Compensatio5

Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Fair Value of Share Based Payment Awards	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Fair Value of Share Based Payment Awards [Line Items]
Expected term	4 years	3 years 9 months
Expected dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%
Minimum [Member]
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Fair Value of Share Based Payment Awards [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	1.39%	0.95%
Expected volatility	141.00%	106.00%
Maximum [Member]
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Fair Value of Share Based Payment Awards [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	1.85%	1.20%
Expected volatility	144.00%	118.00%

Note_19_Stockbased_Compensatio6

Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Stock Option Activities (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Stock Option Activities [Line Items]
Shares			5,836,500
Weighted average exercise price per share			$0.45
Vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2014	1,492,000
Vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2014	$0.44
Vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2014	1 year 335 days
Vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2014	$2,316
Vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2014	16,871,918
Vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2014	$0.57
Vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2014	5 years 167 days
Vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2014	20,596
Shares			5,836,500
Weighted average exercise price per share			$0.45
Three Months Ended March [Member]
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Stock Option Activities [Line Items]
Shares granted		4,450,000
Weighted average exercise price per share, granted		$0.06
Shares forfeited		-3,172,250
Weighted average exercise price per share, forfeited		$0.47
Shares		7,114,250
Weighted average exercise price per share		$0.20
Three Months Ended June [Member]
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Stock Option Activities [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining contractual life	5 years 237 days
Aggregate intrinsic value	$30,302
Shares granted	24,345,000
Weighted average exercise price per share, granted	$0.88
Shares exercised	-895,000
Weighted average exercise price per share, exercised	$0.22
Shares forfeited	-5,135,250
Weighted average exercise price per share, forfeited	$0.25
Shares	25,429,000
Weighted average exercise price per share	$0.84

Note_19_Stockbased_Compensatio7

Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Exercise Price and Remaining Life Information about Options Exercisable (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Shares exercisable (in Shares)	1,492,000
Weighted average remaining contractual life	1 year 335 days
Weighted average exercise price	$0.44
Intrinsic value (in Dollars)	$2,316
Price Range 1 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Lower exercise price	$0.51
Upper exercise price	$1.24
Shares exercisable (in Shares)	200,000
Weighted average exercise price	$1.24
Intrinsic value (in Dollars)	970
Price Range 2 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Lower exercise price	$0.30
Upper exercise price	$0.50
Shares exercisable (in Shares)	792,000
Weighted average remaining contractual life	1 year 116 days
Weighted average exercise price	$0.48
Intrinsic value (in Dollars)	1,196
Price Range 3 [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Lower exercise price	$0.05
Upper exercise price	$0.29
Shares exercisable (in Shares)	500,000
Weighted average remaining contractual life	3 years 233 days
Weighted average exercise price	$0.05
Intrinsic value (in Dollars)	$150

Note_19_Stockbased_Compensatio8

Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Non-Vested Stock Awards (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Time-based Options [Member]
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Non-Vested Stock Awards [Line Items]
Non-vested shares	5,678,750	4,227,000
Weighted average exercise price, non-vested (in Dollars per share)	$0.13	$0.38
Shares granted	24,345,000	4,450,000
Weighted average exercise price, granted (in Dollars per share)	$0.88	$0.06
Shares vested	-1,708,500	-802,750
Weighted average exercise price, vested (in Dollars per share)	$0.24	$0.41
Shares forfeited	-4,378,250	-2,195,500
Weighted average exercise price, forfeited (in Dollars per share)	$0.24	$0.64
Non-vested shares	23,937,000	5,678,750
Weighted average exercise price, non-vested (in Dollars per share)	$0.84	$0.13
Restricted Stock [Member]
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Non-Vested Stock Awards [Line Items]
Shares granted	525,000
Non-vested shares	525,000

Note_19_Stockbased_Compensatio9

Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Restricted Stock Awards (Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member], USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2012
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Note 19 - Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Restricted Stock Awards [Line Items]
Restricted stock units	1,325,868	1,325,868
Weighted average grant-date fair value	$0.63	$0.63
Restricted stock units, granted	525,000
Weighted average grant-date fair value, granted	$0.75
Restricted stock units	1,850,868	1,325,868
Weighted average grant-date fair value	$0.66	$0.63

Note_20_Income_Taxes_Details

Note 20 - Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Note 20 - Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent	35.00%	35.00%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Domestic	$68,614,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, State and Local	97,553,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Foreign	4,172,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Tax Credit Carryforwards, Alternative Minimum Tax	16,000
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount	8,757,000	9,484,000
Unrecognized Tax Benefits	$0	$0

Note_20_Income_Taxes_Details_I

Note 20 - Income Taxes (Details) - Income (Loss) Before Provision for Income Taxes by Geographic Locations (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Income (Loss) Before Provision for Income Taxes by Geographic Locations [Abstract]
United States	($15,007)	($20,887)
Foreign	12,851	-10,544
	($2,156)	($31,431)

Note_20_Income_Taxes_Details_P

Note 20 - Income Taxes (Details) - Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Current:
State		$7
Foreign	3,040	979
Total current		986
Deferred:
Foreign		-173
Total deferred		-173
Total provision for income taxes	$3,040	$813

Note_20_Income_Taxes_Details_R

Note 20 - Income Taxes (Details) - Reconciliation Between the Actual Income Tax Expense and Income Tax (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Reconciliation Between the Actual Income Tax Expense and Income Tax [Abstract]
Provision for income taxes at U.S. Federal statutory rate	($755)	($11,001)
State taxes, net of federal benefit	13	4
Foreign taxes at different rate	-1,444	4,500
Non-deductible expenses	-2	100
Valuation allowance	6,263	7,078
Other	2	-114
Prior year deconsolidation	-1,237
Impairments and intangible amortization	200	246
	$3,040	$813

Note_20_Income_Taxes_Details_D

Note 20 - Income Taxes (Details) - Deferred Income Taxes (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Deferred income tax assets:
Net operating loss carry forwards	$31,785	$25,458
Temporary differences due to accrued warranty costs	706	684
Temporary differences due to bonus and vacation accrual	16	33
Employment turnover	666
Investment in subsidiaries	3,257
Credits	16	16
Allowance for bad debts	1,196	2,474
Fair value adjustment arising from subsidiaries acquisition	358
Other temporary differences	1,041	595
	39,041	29,260
Valuation allowance	-38,017	-29,260
Total deferred income tax assets	1,024
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Fair value adjustment arising from subsidiaries acquisition	3,680
Total deferred income tax liabilities	3,680
Net deferred tax liabilities	$2,656

Note_21_Net_Loss_Per_Share_of_2

Note 21 - Net Loss Per Share of Common Stock (Details) - Calculation of Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share: (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Numerator:
Net loss	($5,196)	($32,244)
Basic weighted-average common shares	307,005	198,214
Diluted weighted-average common shares	307,005	198,214
Basic net loss per share	($0.02)	($0.16)
Diluted net loss per share	($0.02)	($0.16)

Note_22_Commitments_and_Contin2

Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Deposits Assets, Current	$497,000	$400,000
Product Warranty Accrual	1,537,000	1,537,000	1,537,000
Operating Leases, Rent Expense	453,000	463,000
Aerojet 1 Project [Member] \| Guarantee Obligations [Member]
Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities	10,911,000	11,730,000
Aerojet 1 Project [Member]
Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Guarantees, Fair Value Disclosure	71,000	85,000
PV Solar Systems [Member]
Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Long-term Purchase Commitment, Amount	59,354,000
Reserve [Member] \| Solar Tax Partners 1, LLC [Member]
Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Deposits Assets, Current	160,000
Guarantee Deposit [Member] \| Solar Tax Partners 1, LLC [Member]
Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Deposits Assets, Current	337,000
Solar Modules [Member]
Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Warranty Term	25 years
Inverter and Balance of System Components [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Warranty Term	5 years
Inverter and Balance of System Components [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Warranty Term	10 years
Solar Energy Systems [Member]
Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Product Warranty Accrual	0
Greystone [Member]
Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Equity, Carrying Amount	$1,000,000

Note_22_Commitments_and_Contin3

Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - The Accrual for Warranty Claims (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
The Accrual for Warranty Claims [Abstract]
Beginning balance - January 1	$1,537	$1,537	$1,537
Ending balance - December 31,	1,537	1,537	1,537
Current portion of warranty liability		200
Non-current portion of warranty liability	$1,608	$1,422

Note_22_Commitments_and_Contin4

Note 22 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - Future Minimum Payments Under Operating Leases (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014
Future Minimum Payments Under Operating Leases [Abstract]
2015	$1,227
2016	1,103
2017	879
Thereafter	10,323
	$13,532

Note_23_Operating_Risk_Details

Note 23 - Operating Risk (Details) - Concentrations of Credit Risk and Major Customers - Revenue (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue	$91,642	[1]	$42,629	[1]
Zhongwei Hanky Wiye Solar Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue	30.00%
Zhongwei Hanky Wiye Solar Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue	27,871
Alxa League Zhiwei Photovoltaic Power Generation Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue	26.00%
Alxa League Zhiwei Photovoltaic Power Generation Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue	23,939
Xinyu Realforce Energy Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue	26.00%
Xinyu Realforce Energy Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue	23,585
KDC Solar Credit LS, LLC [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue	13.00%		54.00%
KDC Solar Credit LS, LLC [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue	11,886		22,829
Thermi Venture S.A. [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue			32.00%
Thermi Venture S.A. [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue			13,854
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percent of Revenue	95.00%		86.00%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue	$87,281		$36,683

[1]	Sales are attributed to countries based on location of customer.

Note_23_Operating_Risk_Details1

Note 23 - Operating Risk (Details) - Concentrations of Credit Risk and Major Customers - Receivables (Accounts Receivable [Member], USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Receivables	99,326	37,975
Zhongwei Hanky Wiye Solar Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percent of Receivables	27.00%
Zhongwei Hanky Wiye Solar Co., Ltd. [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Receivables	28,751
Alxa League Zhiwei Photovoltaic Power Generation Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percent of Receivables	25.00%
Alxa League Zhiwei Photovoltaic Power Generation Co., Ltd. [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Receivables	27,008
Xinyu Realforce Energy Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percent of Receivables	23.00%
Xinyu Realforce Energy Co., Ltd. [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Receivables	24,776
KDC Solar Credit LS, LLC [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percent of Receivables	6.00%	31.00%
KDC Solar Credit LS, LLC [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Receivables	6,611	13,668
Taneo Fund Management Company [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percent of Receivables	6.00%	20.00%
Taneo Fund Management Company [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Receivables	6,445	8,801
SDL Solar Ltd. [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percent of Receivables	5.00%	16.00%
SDL Solar Ltd. [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Receivables	5,735	7,056
Solar Hub Utilities, LLC [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percent of Receivables		19.00%
Solar Hub Utilities, LLC [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Receivables		8,450
Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percent of Receivables	92.00%	86.00%

Note_24_Segment_information_De

Note 24 - Segment information (Details) - Net Sales by Major Product and Serivices (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	$91,642	$42,629
Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	87,281	39,290
Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	2,144	2,037
Operating and Maintenance (O&M) [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	175	1,302
Residential PhotoVoltaic Systems [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	1,080
Other Services [Member]
Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Revenue	$962

Note_24_Segment_information_De1

Note 24 - Segment information (Details) - Net Sales by Geographic Location (USD $)	12 Months Ended
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013
Note 24 - Segment information (Details) - Net Sales by Geographic Location [Line Items]
Net sales	$91,642	[1]	$42,629	[1]
UNITED STATES
Note 24 - Segment information (Details) - Net Sales by Geographic Location [Line Items]
Net sales	14,690	[1]	25,347	[1]
GREECE
Note 24 - Segment information (Details) - Net Sales by Geographic Location [Line Items]
Net sales	526	[1]	13,854	[1]
ITALY
Note 24 - Segment information (Details) - Net Sales by Geographic Location [Line Items]
Net sales		[1]	3,428	[1]
CHINA
Note 24 - Segment information (Details) - Net Sales by Geographic Location [Line Items]
Net sales	$76,426	[1]		[1]

[1]	Sales are attributed to countries based on location of customer.

Note_24_Segment_information_De2

Note 24 - Segment information (Details) - Long-lived Assets by Geographic Location (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Note 24 - Segment information (Details) - Long-lived Assets by Geographic Location [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	$127,703	$11,752
UNITED STATES
Note 24 - Segment information (Details) - Long-lived Assets by Geographic Location [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	11,630	11,750
GREECE
Note 24 - Segment information (Details) - Long-lived Assets by Geographic Location [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	68,708
CHINA
Note 24 - Segment information (Details) - Long-lived Assets by Geographic Location [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	46,872	2
JAPAN
Note 24 - Segment information (Details) - Long-lived Assets by Geographic Location [Line Items]
Long-lived assets	$493

Note_25_Related_Party_Transact1

Note 25 - Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
Note 25 - Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Jan. 31, 2015	Dec. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Note 25 - Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt	$2,600,000	($8,907,000)
Deconsolidation Net Liabilities	2,000
Accounts Receivable, Related Parties, Current					3,905,000
Accounts Payable, Related Parties, Current		34,150,000			50,907,000
LDK Solar Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Settlement and Mutual Release [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Note 25 - Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction			2,000,000
LDK Solar Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Settlement and Mutual Release [Member]
Note 25 - Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Accounts Receivable, Related Parties, Current				3,905,000
Accounts Payable, Related Parties, Current		16,375,000		32,680,000
Debt Settlement, Waiver Offered Amount				11,000,000
Accounts Payable, Related Parties, Net				28,775,000
Number of Days to Cancel Discount				30 years
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction		380,000
LDK Solar Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Settlement and Mutual Release Accounts Payable Waivable [Member]
Note 25 - Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Accounts Payable, Related Parties, Current		17,775,000
LDK Solar Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Solar Panels [Member]
Note 25 - Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Purchases from Related Party		5,753,000
LDK Solar Co., Ltd. [Member]
Note 25 - Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Accounts Receivable, Related Parties, Current		0			3,905,000
Accounts Payable, Related Parties, Current		$34,150,000			$50,907,000

Note_26_Subsequent_Events_Deta

Note 26 - Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $)

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Jan. 14, 2015

Jan. 22, 2015

Jan. 29, 2015

Jan. 15, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Oct. 22, 2014

Jan. 05, 2015

Mar. 25, 2015

Feb. 13, 2015

Dec. 31, 2013

Oct. 07, 2014

MWh

Note 26 - Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]

Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues

$263,528,000

Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (in Dollars per share)

$0.00

Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock

167,848,000

Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross

6,652,000

Forwin [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]

Note 26 - Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]

Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable

5,000,000

Business Combination, Consideration Transferred

10,000,000

Share Price (in Dollars per share)

Central Able [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] | Option Agreement Not Exercised [Member]

Note 26 - Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]

Stock Issued During Period Shares Option Agreement (in Shares)

2,500,000

Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (in Dollars per share)

$0.00

Exercise Price, Option Agreement (in Dollars per share)

Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock

5,000,000

Central Able [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]

Note 26 - Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]

Share Price (in Dollars per share)

Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues (in Shares)

2,500,000

Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues

5,000,000

Subsequent Event [Member] | CECEP [Member]

Note 26 - Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]

Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares (in Shares)

5,722,977

Number of Solar Power Plants

Power Generating Capacity (in Megawatt-hours)

4.3

Subsequent Event [Member] | LDK Group in California and Italy [Member]

Note 26 - Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]

Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross

2,390

Subsequent Event [Member] | Solar Juice Pty Ltd. [Member]

Note 26 - Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]

Business Combination, Consideration Transferred

25,500,000,000

Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired

80.00%

Subsequent Event [Member] | Solar Energy [Member] | Equity Holders [Member]

Note 26 - Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]

Business Combination, Consideration Transferred

1,612,000,000

Subsequent Event [Member] | Solar Energy [Member] | Solarbao E-Commerce [Member]

Note 26 - Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]

Business Combination, Consideration Transferred

$2,100,000,000

Subsequent Event [Member] | Executive Officer [Member]

Note 26 - Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]

Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues (in Shares)

18,700,000

Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (in Dollars per share)

$0.00