Note 17 - Stockholders' Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

17. Stockholders’ Equity

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.

In May 2014, the Company issued 40,625,000 shares of Common Stock at $0.16 per share and received $6.5 million from a non-U.S. investor pursuant to a private placement agreement.

In July 2014, the Company issued 26,562,500 shares of Common Stock at $0.16 per share and received $4.3 million from a non-U.S. investor pursuant to a private placement agreement.

In July 2014, the Company signed an agreement with a convertible bond holder and canceled and terminated the $11.0 million convertible bond. In exchange of the cancellation and termination of the convertible bond, the Company agreed to issue the convertible bond holder, 68,750,000 shares of common stock of the Company at $0.16 per share, the original conversion price of the Convertible Bond.

In August and September 2014, the Company issued 92,620,000 shares of Common Stock at $0.27 per share and received $25.0 million from a non-U.S. investor pursuant to a private placement agreement.

In September, 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—Construction in Progress.