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Stockholders' Equity (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2014
Mar. 11, 2014
Jan. 15, 2014
Sep. 16, 2013
Feb. 22, 2013
Feb. 20, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Apr. 30, 2014
Mar. 11, 2014
Sep. 16, 2013
Mar. 29, 2012
Mar. 28, 2012
Stockholders' equity                            
Common Stock, par value (in dollars per share)             $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare            
Common Stock, shares issued             173,644,532us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued 106,356,558us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued            
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding             173,266,416us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding 106,190,652us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding            
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized             5,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized              
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share             $ 0.01us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare              
Shares of common stock issued in an underwritten public offering 22,600,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues 3,902,440us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues 10,000,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues 18,600,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues   18,910,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues                
Per share price of shares of common stock sold in an underwritten public offering $ 5.50us-gaap_SharesIssuedPricePerShare $ 5.74us-gaap_SharesIssuedPricePerShare   $ 0.54us-gaap_SharesIssuedPricePerShare           $ 5.50us-gaap_SharesIssuedPricePerShare $ 5.74us-gaap_SharesIssuedPricePerShare $ 0.54us-gaap_SharesIssuedPricePerShare $ 1.15us-gaap_SharesIssuedPricePerShare $ 1.15us-gaap_SharesIssuedPricePerShare
Gross proceeds from shares of common stock sold in an underwritten public offering $ 124,300,000plug_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStockGross $ 22,400,006plug_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStockGross         $ 176,700,000plug_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStockGross              
Net proceeds from shares of common stock sold 116,443,375us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 21,308,987us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock   9,151,221us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 400,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock   176,700,006us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 14,807,718us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 17,192,500us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock          
Warrants                            
Stockholders' equity                            
Increase in additional paid-in capital             $ 83,444,574us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalWarrantIssued
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Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock                            
Stockholders' equity                            
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share               $ 0.01us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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$ 0.01us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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Shares, Outstanding               0us-gaap_SharesOutstanding
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