Provided is an air conditioner having enhanced power conversion efficiency. An air conditioner is provided with a solar photovoltaic generation panel (10) for converting sunlight into electrical energy and outputting a voltage, an ion generation unit (16) for generating ions by electric discharge, a control microcomputer (15) for controlling generation or stopping of ions in the ion generation unit (16), a microcomputer capacitor (12) for supplying electrical energy to the control microcomputer (15), and an ion generation unit capacitor (13) for supplying electrical energy to the ion generation unit (16). The air conditioner is further provided with a distribution unit (11) for converting the voltage outputted by the solar photovoltaic generation panel (10) and transmitting the converted voltage to either the microcomputer capacitor (12) or the ion generation unit capacitor (13).
