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ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS [Abstract]  
ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS
1. ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS  
 
ReneSola Ltd was incorporated in the British Virgin Island on March 17, 2006. On January 29, 2008, the Company became listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the United States. ReneSola Ltd and its subsidiaries (collectively the “Company”) are engaged in the manufacture and sale of solar power products including virgin polysilicon, monocrystalline and multi crystalline solar wafers and photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules. From 2012, the Company began entering into arrangements to develop commercial solar power projects, or project assets, which consists primarily of solar power project development, engineering, procurement and construction ("EPC") services.
 
The following table lists major subsidiaries of the Company as of December 31, 2016:
 
Subsidiaries
 
Date of
acquisition
 
Date of
incorporation
 
Place of
incorporation
 
Date of
commencement
 
Percentage of
ownership
 
ReneSola Zhejiang Ltd.
formerly known as ZhejiangYuhui Solar Energy Source Co., Ltd. (“ReneSola Zhejiang”)
 
N/A
 
August 7, 2003
 
People’s Republic of China (“PRC”)
 
July, 2005
 
 
100
%
ReneSola America Inc.
(“ReneSola America”)
 
N/A
 
November 12, 2006
 
United States of America
 
November, 2006
 
 
100
%
ReneSola Singapore Pte Ltd.
(“ReneSola Singapore”)
 
N/A
 
March 28, 2007
 
Singapore
 
May, 2007
 
 
100
%
Sichuan ReneSola Silicon Material Co., Ltd.
(“Sichuan ReneSola”)
 
N/A
 
August 25, 2007
 
PRC
 
July, 2009
 
 
100
%
ReneSola Jiangsu Ltd.
(“ReneSola Jiangsu”)
 
May 31, 2009
 
November 8, 2005
 
PRC
 
May 31, 2009
 
 
100
%
Zhejiang ReneSola System Integration Ltd. Formerly known as Zhejiang ReneSola Photovoltaic Materials Co., Ltd.
(“Zhejiang ReneSola PV Materials”)
 
N/A
 
April 30,2010
 
PRC
 
January, 2011
 
 
100
%
Sichuan Ruiyu New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.
(“Sichuan Ruiyu”)
 
N/A
 
August 24,2010
 
PRC
 
July, 2011
 
 
100
%
Sichuan Ruixin Photovoltaic Materials Co., Ltd.
(“Sichuan Ruixin”)
 
N/A
 
November 23, 2010
 
PRC
 
N/A*
 
 
100
%
Sichuan SiLiDe Composite Materials  Co., Ltd.
(“Sichuan SiLiDe”)
 
N/A
 
July 11, 2011
 
PRC
 
N/A*
 
 
100
%
ReneSola Deutschland GmbH
(“ReneSola Germany”)
 
N/A
 
September26, 2011
 
Germany
 
August, 2012
 
 
100
%
ReneSola New Energy S.A.R.L
(“ReneSola New Energy”)
 
N/A
 
March 28, 2012
 
Luxemburg
 
N/A*
 
 
100
%
ReneSola Australia PTY LTD
(“ReneSola Australia”)
 
N/A
 
July 30, 2012
 
Australia
 
November, 2012
 
 
100
%
ReneSola Japan Ltd.
(“ReneSola Japan”)
 
N/A
 
July 9, 2012
 
Japan
 
November, 2012
 
 
100
%
LUCAS EST S.R.L
(“LUCAS”).
 
September 13, 2012
 
December 17, 2008
 
Romania
 
January, 2014
 
 
100
%
ECOSFER ENERGY S.R.L
(“ECOSFER”).
 
September 26, 2012
 
November 17, 2011
 
Romania
 
January, 2014
 
 
100
%
ReneSola India Private Limited
(“ReneSola India”)
 
N/A
 
November 22, 2012
 
India
 
December, 2012
 
 
100
%
Lucas Est Korea Co., Ltd
(“Lucas Korea”)
 
N/A
 
March 12, 2013
 
Korea
 
N/A*
 
 
100
%
 
Subsidiaries
 
Date of
acquisition
 
Date of
incorporation
 
Place of
incorporation
 
Date of
commencement
 
Percentage of
ownership
 
Ecosfer Energy Korea Co., Ltd
(“Ecosfer Korea”)
 
N/A
 
March 12, 2013
 
Korea
 
N/A*
 
 
100
%
ReneSola UK Limited
(“ReneSola UK”)
 
N/A
 
April 11, 2013
 
UK
 
July, 2013
 
 
100
%
ReneSola Shanghai Ltd
(“ReneSola Shanghai”)
 
N/A
 
May 30, 2013
 
PRC
 
October, 2013
 
 
100
%
ReneSola South Africa Proprietary Limited
(“ReneSola South Africa”)
 
N/A
 
July 6, 2013
 
South Africa
 
February, 2014
 
 
100
%
ReneSola Panama Inc.
(“ReneSola Panama”)
 
N/A
 
December 28, 2013
 
Panama
 
March, 2014
 
 
100
%
ReneSola France SAS
(“ReneSola France”)
 
N/A
 
February 7, 2014
 
France
 
July, 2014
 
 
100
%
ReneSola Italy S.R.L.
(“ReneSola Italy”)
 
N/A
 
March 28, 2014
 
Italy
 
June, 2014
 
 
100
%
ReneSola(Thailand) Inc.
(“ReneSola Thailand”)
 
N/A
 
February 24, 2014
 
Thailand
 
February, 2015
 
 
100
%
RENESOLA MEXICO,S,de R.L de C.V.
(“ReneSola Mexico”)
 
N/A
 
April 10, 2014
 
Mexico
 
July, 2014
 
 
100
%
RENESOLA TURKEY GüNES ENERJISI TEKNOLOJI HIZMETLERI VE TICARET L
(“ReneSola Turkey”)
 
N/A
 
April 22, 2014
 
Turkey
 
August, 2014
 
 
100
%
PT. ReneSola Clean Energy
(“ReneSola Indonesia”)
 
N/A
 
May 14, 2014
 
Indonesia
 
February, 2015
 
 
100
%
RENESOLA DO BRASIL COMERCIO E REPRENTACAO LTDA
(“ReneSola Brazil”)
 
N/A
 
May 12, 2014
 
Brazil
 
December, 2015
 
 
100
%
RENESOLA ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL GMBH
(“ReneSola Austria”)
 
N/A
 
July 22, 2014
 
Austria
 
December, 2014
 
 
100
%
RENESOLA Canada Limited
(“ReneSola Canada")
 
N/A
 
June 23, 2014
 
Canada
 
December, 2014
 
 
100
%
ReneSola Investment Management Ltd
("ReneSola Investment")
 
N/A
 
December 2, 2014
 
British Virgin Island
 
July, 2015
 
 
100
%
Renesola Energy, INC.
 
N/A
 
December 22, 2014
 
United States
 
September, 2015
 
 
100
%
Renesola Power, Inc. ("Renesola Power")
 
N/A
 
July 23, 2015
 
United States
 
September, 2016
 
 
100
%
Renesola UK Rooftop Limited ("Renesola UK Rooftop")
 
N/A
 
August 6, 2015
 
UK
 
April, 2016
 
 
100
%
Baynergy, LLC ("Baynergy")
 
N/A
 
July 8, 2015
 
United States
 
April, 2016
 
 
100
%
Renesola Shaoxing Ltd
 
N/A
 
March 9, 2016
 
PRC
 
April, 2016
 
 
100
%
Renesola Pan'an Ltd
 
N/A
 
March 28, 2016
 
PRC
 
April, 2016
 
 
100
%
ReneSola Power Holdings LLC.
 
N/A
 
May 19, 2016
 
United States
 
September, 2016
 
 
100
%
RSE Land Holdings, LLC.
 
N/A
 
December 12, 2016
 
United States
 
N/A*
 
 
100
%
 
*: These companies had not commenced operations as of December 31, 2016.