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10. Project Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Project Assets  
Project Assets

10.Project Assets

 

As of December 31, 2018, project assets, current and noncurrent, mainly consist of the PV solar power systems that are held for development and sale across U.S. and Japan, with the amount of $31,170, (2017: $42,990), and $9,852 (2017: $15,589), respectively.

 

Project assets consist of the following:

 

   December 31,   December 31, 
   2018   2017 
Project assets completed for sale  $21,215   $24,228 
Project assets under development   19,807    34,351 
Total project assets   41,022    58,579 
Current, net of impairment loss  $24,654   $42,211 
Noncurrent  $16,368   $16,368 

 

During the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, impairment losses of $nil, $687 and $13,102 were recorded for certain project assets held for development and sale from continuing operations.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the Group recognized total revenue from sales of PV project assets and sales of pre-development solar projects of $26,603, $6,042 and $14,914 from continuing operations, respectively, and cost of $23,418, $6,229, and $13,613 from continuing operations were recognized accordingly.