Nature of Operations - Description Of Business (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022 T
Plug Power LA JV LLC
Description of Business
Ownership interest percentage	50.00%
Niloco Hydrogen Holdings LLC
Description of Business
Ownership interest percentage	50.00%
Hidrogenii
Description of Business
Construction capacity per day.	15

The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114001798&loc=d3e33918-111571

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