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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Loss before income taxes      
United States $ (87,458,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic $ (61,730,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic $ (30,399,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
Foreign (1,354,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign (1,350,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign (1,463,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
Loss before income taxes (88,812,503)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (63,079,941)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest (31,862,454)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax benefit      
Foreign (325,000)us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit (410,000)us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit  
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Total (325,000)us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (410,000)us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Significant component of U.S. deferred income tax expense (benefit)      
Valuation allowance increase (decrease) 12,437,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount    
Provision for income taxes (324,680)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (410,259)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
U.S.      
Significant component of U.S. deferred income tax expense (benefit)      
Deferred tax (benefit) expense (4,282,000)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
(3,209,000)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
10,661,000us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
Net operating loss carryforward (generated) expired (8,974,000)plug_NetOperatingLossCarryforwardGeneratedExpired
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
(6,536,000)plug_NetOperatingLossCarryforwardGeneratedExpired
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
26,924,000plug_NetOperatingLossCarryforwardGeneratedExpired
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
Valuation allowance increase (decrease) 13,256,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
9,745,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
(37,585,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
Foreign      
Significant component of U.S. deferred income tax expense (benefit)      
Deferred tax (benefit) expense 194,000us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
1,406,000us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
(1,041,000)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
Net operating loss carryforward (generated) expired 625,000plug_NetOperatingLossCarryforwardGeneratedExpired
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
(15,000)plug_NetOperatingLossCarryforwardGeneratedExpired
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
(79,000)plug_NetOperatingLossCarryforwardGeneratedExpired
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
Valuation allowance increase (decrease) $ (819,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
$ (1,391,000)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember
$ 1,120,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCountryMember