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Employee Benefit Plans (Details 5)
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
May 31, 2011
Feb. 28, 2013
Jan. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share            
Antidilutive shares excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share 18,614,643us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 40,464,065us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 11,407,263us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount      
Warrants outstanding (in shares) 4,219,442us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightOutstanding          
Warrants issued in May, 2011            
Earnings Per Share            
Number of warrants issued (in shares)       7,128,563plug_ClassOfWarrantOrRightIssued
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Number of warrants exercised (in shares) 22,776,023plug_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercised
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Warrants issued in February, 2013            
Earnings Per Share            
Number of warrants issued (in shares)         23,637,500plug_ClassOfWarrantOrRightIssued
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Number of warrants exercised (in shares) 23,637,400plug_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercised
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Warrants issued in January, 2014            
Earnings Per Share            
Number of warrants issued (in shares)           4,000,000plug_ClassOfWarrantOrRightIssued
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Number of warrants exercised (in shares) 0plug_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercised
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Restricted stock            
Earnings Per Share            
Antidilutive shares excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share 473,336us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
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650,002us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
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Warrants            
Earnings Per Share            
Antidilutive shares excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share 4,219,442us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
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24,137,878us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
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9,421,008us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
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Preferred stock            
Earnings Per Share            
Antidilutive shares excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share 5,554,594us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
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10,972,859us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
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Stock options            
Earnings Per Share            
Antidilutive shares excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share 8,367,271us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
/ us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareByAntidilutiveSecuritiesAxis
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4,703,326us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
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1,986,255us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
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