Toshiba Fuel Cell Power Systems Corporation

Toshiba (2005). 200kW Fuel Cell Power Plant PC25C. Toshiba Fuel Cell Power Systems Corporation. Available at www.toshiba.co.jp. 

The Japanese government is especially active in promoting the use of small, 1 kW, stationary fuel cell systems. In 2005 The New Energy Foundation (NEF) announced a goal of installing 400 units with subsidies of up to 6 million yen per unit (60-75% of the total cost). In 2006 and 2007, the program plans to install 1000 and 5000 units, respectively, with NEF subsidies of up to 3 million yen in 2006 and 2 million yen in 2007. Costs were expected to fall below 1 million yen by the end of the 3-year program. Initially, seven Japanese corporations, mostly utUity companies, were slated to receive the subsidies with fuel cells provided by Ebara Ballard and Toshiba Fuel Cell Power Systems (Adamson 2005). 

PAFCs are the first fuel cells to be commercially available. The major manufacturers of these fuel cells are UTC Power, Toshiba Corporation, HydroGen Corporation, Fuji Electric Corporation and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. UTC Power introduced for sale a 200 kW PAFC system in 1991, and over 260 units were delivered to various customers worldwide. The design operational lifetime for these units was 40,000 h and most of the fielded units have met or exceeded this requirement A number of these units are still operational today with fleet leader at Mohegun Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, USA, accumulating more than 76,(X)0 h [48]. Fuji s phosphoric acid fuel cell power plants, launched in 1998 have also demonstrated 40,000 h of life in field and some units after overhaul have exceeded 77,000 h of operational lifetime [1]. 

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