Nature of Operations - Description Of Business (Details)	Dec. 31, 2021
Joint Venture with S K
Description of Business
Ownership percentage in joint venture	49.00%
Plug Power France \| HyVia
Description of Business
Ownership interest percentage	50.00%
Renault \| HyVia
Description of Business
Ownership interest percentage	50.00%
Plug Power Spain
Description of Business
Ownership percentage in joint venture	50.00%
Acciona \| Acciona Plug S.L.
Description of Business
Ownership percentage in joint venture	50.00%
SK E&S Co., Ltd. \| Joint Venture with S K
Description of Business
Ownership percentage in joint venture	51.00%

The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114001798&loc=d3e33918-111571

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