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Nature of Operations (Details 2) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Nature of Operation.      
Net proceeds from public offering     $ 165,700,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOrSaleOfEquity
Gross proceeds from shares of common stock sold in an underwritten public offering     176,700,000plug_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStockGross
Net proceeds from shares of common stock sold in an underwritten public offering   $ 52,400,005us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock $ 18,300,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock
Minimum period for which we believe that our current cash, cash equivalents, cash generated from future sales, and cash generated from the exercise of outstanding warrants will provide sufficient liquidity to fund operations 12 months