A fuel cell power supply has a fuel cell and a capacitor which are connected
parallel
to each other, and controls the amount of a reacting gas supplied to the fuel gas
based on a target supply current. A capacitor open voltage calculator calculates
an open voltage of the capacitor from a detected current of the capacitor, an output
voltage of the fuel cell, and an internal resistance of the capacitor. A corrective
quantity calculator calculates a corrective quantity for a target supply current
based on the open voltage of the capacitor, the output voltage of the fuel cell,
and the target supply current, so as to prevent an air compressor from operating
excessively and also prevent the fuel cell from suffering a gas shortage, depending
on current-voltage characteristic data of the fuel cell and current-voltage characteristic
data of the capacitor.