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Commitment and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)
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Sep. 30, 2011
Commitments and Contingencies.        
Letter of credit with Silicon Valley Bank       $ 525,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Accounts receivable. | Credit risk | Customers        
Customer Concentration        
Number of customers 4plug_ConcentrationRiskNumberOfCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomersMember
4plug_ConcentrationRiskNumberOfCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomersMember
   
Concentration risk (as a percent) 62.20%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomersMember
69.90%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomersMember
   
Accounts receivable. | Credit risk | Customer one        
Customer Concentration        
Concentration risk (as a percent) 30.80%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomerOneMember
30.20%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomerOneMember
   
Accounts receivable. | Credit risk | Customer two        
Customer Concentration        
Concentration risk (as a percent) 14.40%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomerTwoMember
16.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomerTwoMember
   
Accounts receivable. | Credit risk | Customer three        
Customer Concentration        
Concentration risk (as a percent) 10.30%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomerThreeMember
13.40%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomerThreeMember
   
Accounts receivable. | Credit risk | Customer four        
Customer Concentration        
Concentration risk (as a percent) 6.70%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomerFourMember
10.30%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomerFourMember
   
Revenues. | Credit risk | Customers        
Customer Concentration        
Number of customers 1plug_ConcentrationRiskNumberOfCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomersMember
  2plug_ConcentrationRiskNumberOfCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomersMember
 
Concentration risk (as a percent) 63.50%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomersMember
  31.60%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomersMember
 
Revenues. | Credit risk | Customer one        
Customer Concentration        
Concentration risk (as a percent)     21.10%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomerOneMember
 
Revenues. | Credit risk | Customer two        
Customer Concentration        
Concentration risk (as a percent)     10.50%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= plug_CustomerTwoMember