A fuel cell device including a fuel cell stack unit, a fuel reform unit, a
material feed unit, a cooling water supply unit, and a control unit
further includes a memory section, constructed of a rewritable memory,
for storing information necessary for maintenance or inspection of the
fuel cell device. The memory section is partitioned into a use
environment information memory area for storing use environment
conditions, a material feed information memory area for storing attribute
information of the material feed unit, a fuel reform information memory
area for storing attribute information of the fuel reform unit, a cell
stack information memory area for storing attribute information of the
fuel cell stack unit and a cooling water supply information memory area
for storing attribute information of the cooling water supply unit.