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PLUG POWER INC: research and development expense

Research and development expense for PLUG POWER INC. Inspect selected reporting periods, original units and SEC filing links; download the financial history.

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Research and development costs recognized as expense. Capitalization policies and acquired projects can make this differ from total cash invested in development.

Exact concept: us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense. Each value covers an annual-duration reporting interval, shown with both start and end dates. Different units remain separate; no currency conversion or interpolation is applied.

Coverage of this history

Selected reporting periods run from 2009-01-01 to 2025-12-31. The SEC response was captured on 2026-09-20.

Selected filing history

Research and development expense in original reported units, latest-filed observation per period
Period startPeriod endValueUnitFiledSource filing
2025-01-012025-12-3157,960,000USD2026-03-0210-K · 0001104659-26-022286
2024-01-012024-12-3177,226,000USD2026-03-0210-K · 0001104659-26-022286
2023-01-012023-12-31113,745,000USD2026-03-0210-K · 0001104659-26-022286
2022-01-012022-12-3199,579,000USD2025-03-0310-K · 0001558370-25-002049
2021-01-012021-12-3164,762,000USD2024-02-2910-K · 0001558370-24-002178
2020-01-012020-12-3127,848,000USD2023-03-0110-K · 0001558370-23-002599
2019-01-012019-12-3115,059,000USD2022-03-1410-K/A · 0001558370-22-003577
2018-01-012018-12-3112,750,000USD2022-03-1410-K/A · 0001558370-22-003577
2017-01-012017-12-3128,693,000USD2020-03-1010-K · 0001558370-20-002267
2016-01-012016-12-3121,177,000USD2019-03-1310-K · 0001558370-19-001929
2015-01-012015-12-3114,948,000USD2018-03-1210-K · 0001558370-18-001828
2014-01-012014-12-316,469,000USD2017-03-1010-K · 0001558370-17-001631
2013-01-012013-12-313,121,000USD2016-03-1510-K · 0001047469-16-011132
2012-01-012012-12-315,434,235USD2015-03-1710-K · 0001047469-15-002340
2011-01-012011-12-315,655,748USD2014-04-2210-K/A · 0001193125-14-152721
2010-01-012010-12-3112,901,170USD2013-04-0110-K · 0001003297-13-000101
2009-01-012009-12-3116,324,373USD2012-03-3010-K · 0001003297-12-000141

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Entity
PLUG POWER INC / CIK 0001093691
Captured
2026-09-20T05:22:08.288Z
SEC response SHA-256
693a4f1fb6d5474c0cef2ae383a813e4f7c21076e76c0ef2cd96c185c2696a0b

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import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

with urlopen("https://canlicapital.com/company-data/0001093691.json") as response:
    record = json.load(response)
print(record["fetched_at"])
print(record["policy"])
for concept in record["concepts"]:
    print(concept["tag"], next(iter(concept["observations"])))