Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Leases

Leases

22. Leases

The Group has operating leases for its PV stations and office facilities. The Group's leases have remaining terms of less than one year to approximately twenty years. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet; the Group recognizes lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The operating lease expenses were $1,772, $876 and $1,080 for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Maturities of operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2021 were as follow:

Maturity of Lease Liabilities		Operating Leases
	2022	$	2,305
	2023		2,173
	2024		2,208
	2025		2,162
	2026		2,278
	Thereafter		10,502
	Total lease payments		21,628
	Less: interest		(7,755	)
	Present value of lease payments	$	13,873
	Operating lease liabilities, current	$	1,351
	Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent	$	12,522

Supplemental information related to operating leases was as follows:

	For the years ended December 31,
	2021		2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities	$	1,772	$	667
New operating lease assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities	$	8,502	$	5,280

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the operating leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of 12.3 years and 20.8 years, respectively, and a weighted average discount rate of 6.16% and 6.16%, respectively.