Abstract
In Sapporo the lowest temperature is about -15℃ and amount of snowfall is about 5m in winter. The fuel cell for a residential energy system is more effective in cold region because of the high domestic heat demand, but we have to adapt it to severe weather. Hokkaido-Gas is developing the PEFC system for cold area with EBARA Corporation (EBARA BALLARD Corporation) and Panasonic, and has participated in Large-scale Demonstration Project by NEF to study the effects of its introduction. The result shows it is effective in CO2 and primary energy reduction.
