EU-funded research in the area of fuel cell systems is aimed at reducing the cost and improving the performance, durability and safety of fuel cell systems for stationary and transport applications, to enable them to compete with conventional combustion technologies. This will include materials and process development, optimization and simplification of fuel cell components and sub-systems as well as modelling, testing and characterization. The long-term goal is to achieve commercial viability for many applications by 2020.
