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Acquisition of ReliOn Inc (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Apr. 02, 2014
Preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired      
Gain on bargain purchase $ (1,014,256)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationBargainPurchaseGainRecognizedAmount    
Unaudited pro forma financial information      
Revenue 65,361,494us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue 31,190,848us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaRevenue  
Net loss attributable to the Company (88,925,977)us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLoss (69,645,886)us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLoss  
Basic and diluted loss per share (in dollars per share) $ (0.56)plug_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted $ (0.90)plug_BusinessAcquisitionProFormaEarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted  
ReliOn      
Description of Business      
Purchase price     4,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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Number of shares of common stock issued     530,504us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued
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Closing price of the company's stock     $ 7.54us-gaap_SharePrice
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Preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired      
Cash and cash equivalents     414,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCashAndEquivalents
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Accounts receivable, net     315,975us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssetsReceivables
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Inventory     5,161,223us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedInventory
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Prepaid expenses and other assets     88,894us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssetsPrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssets
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Property and equipment     162,990us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedPropertyPlantAndEquipment
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Identifiable intangibles     980,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses     (1,682,782)plug_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilitiesAccountsPayableAndAccruedExpenses
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Note payable     (426,044)plug_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNotePayable
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Total Net Assets Acquired     5,014,256us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
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Gain on bargain purchase     (1,014,256)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationBargainPurchaseGainRecognizedAmount
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Acquisition consideration     $ 4,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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