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 Jean M. Nelson 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 5th day of February, 2007.
                                    /s/ John Elter

                                    John Elter