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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-019858"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLUG"
cik: "0001093691"
company_name: "PLUG POWER INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T16:52:11.767467+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Plug Power reports Q4 revenue $191.5M, massive $971.3M impairment, launches Project Quantum Leap

## Summary
- Q4 revenue $191.5M; gross margin loss of 122% including $104.2M inventory adjustments and $22.7M warrant charges.
- Recorded $971.3M in non-cash impairment charges on PP&E, intangibles, and equity investments due to market shifts.
- Operating cash flow improved 25% QoQ and 46% YoY in Q4; full-year burn reduced 34% vs 2023.
- Project Quantum Leap targets $150-200M annual expense savings via workforce cuts, facility consolidation, and capex limits.
- Closed $1.66B DOE loan guarantee; transferred $30M in ITC; electrolyzer revenue up 583% YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-019858
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLUG
- cik: 0001093691
- company_name: PLUG POWER INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093691/000110465925019858/0001104659-25-019858-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093691/000110465925019858/tm258079d1_8k.htm

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