Note 5 - Acquisition of Solar Green Technology (Detail)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Jun. 22, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 27, 2012 Parent Company, LDK Europe [Member] Subsidiary, Solar Green Technology [Member]	Jun. 27, 2012 Parent Company, LDK [Member]	Jul. 31, 2012 LDK Europe [Member]	Jul. 31, 2012 Two Founders of SGT [Member] EUR (€)	Jun. 27, 2012 Solar Green Technology [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2012 Solar Green Technology [Member] EUR (€)
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired							100.00%	100.00%
Business Acquisition, Cash Payable (in Euro)							$ 6,300,000	€ 5,000,000
Business Acquisition, Cash Payable (in Dollars)							6,300,000	5,000,000
Percentage of Common Stock Outstanding Owned by Parent Company	71.00%	71.00%	70.00%	71.00%
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares (in Shares)					9,771,223	1,814,655
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Cash Paid (in Euro)						€ 100,000