Business acquisition, cash payable.

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Percentage of common stock outstanding owned by parent company.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

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-Subparagraph (b)(4)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7488404&loc=d3e6927-128479

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)

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Note 5 - Acquisition of Solar Green Technology (Details) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 27, 2012 Subsidiary, Solar Green Technology [Member] Parent Company, LDK Europe [Member]	Jun. 27, 2012 Parent Company, LDK [Member]	Jul. 31, 2012 LDK Europe [Member]	Jul. 31, 2012 Two Founders of SGT [Member]	Jun. 27, 2012 Solar Green Technology [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2012 Solar Green Technology [Member] EUR (€)
Note 5 - Acquisition of Solar Green Technology (Details) [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired						100.00%	100.00%
Business Acquisition, Cash Payable (in Euro)						$ 6.3	€ 5.0
Business Acquisition, Cash Payable (in Dollars)						$ 6.3	€ 5.0
Percentage of Common Stock Outstanding Owned by Parent Company	71.00%	70.00%	71.00%
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares (in Shares)				9,771,223	1,814,655