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Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) (USD $)
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Property, plant and equipment    
Property, plant, and equipment, gross $ 32,050,627us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross $ 31,850,662us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Less accumulated depreciation (26,855,332)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment (26,538,755)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Property, plant, and equipment, net 5,195,295us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 5,311,907us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Land.    
Property, plant and equipment    
Property, plant, and equipment, gross 90,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember		 90,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember
Buildings.    
Property, plant and equipment    
Property, plant, and equipment, gross 15,332,232us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingMember		 15,332,232us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingMember
Building improvements    
Property, plant and equipment    
Property, plant, and equipment, gross 5,031,803us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingImprovementsMember		 5,031,803us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_BuildingImprovementsMember
Software, machinery and equipment    
Property, plant and equipment    
Property, plant, and equipment, gross $ 11,596,592us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= plug_SoftwareMachineryAndEquipmentMember		 $ 11,396,627us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= plug_SoftwareMachineryAndEquipmentMember