{"id":4256,"date":"2018-09-24T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T12:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugpower.local\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2020-09-04T22:35:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T22:35:28","slug":"its-not-magic-its-a-by-product-of-plug-powers-fuel-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/blog\/its-not-magic-its-a-by-product-of-plug-powers-fuel-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not magic; it\u2019s a by-product of Plug Power\u2019s fuel cells!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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