LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of
Gerard L. Conway, Jr. and Gerald A. Anderson
signing singly, the undersigned's only true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as an officer,
director and/or stockholder of Plug Power Inc.
(the Company), Forms 3, 4, and 5 and
amendments thereto in accordance with Section 16(a)
 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary
or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4, or 5 and any amendments thereto and
timely file such forms with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever which,
in the opinion of such attorney-
in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection
with the foregoing authority,  it
being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are
not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of
 the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
 effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect
 to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
 revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the Company.
This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as a
confirming statement of the authority granted herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 29th day of September, 2011

            /s/ Douglas T. Hickey
              Douglas T. Hickey