NRW Researchers to Exploit Quantum Technologies for Energy Grids
Energy grids in Germany and Europe are facing a radical transformation. Large fossil-fuel power plants are increasingly being replaced by renewable energies. This is accompanied by increasingly complex, intelligent networking, which requires computationally intensive control as well as increased levels of cyber security. Quantum technologies offer promising potential in this context. In the NRW project Qugrids, which is coordinated by Forschungszentrum Jülich, energy and quantum researchers now together investigate how this future technology can be used beneficially for the planning and operation of energy networks.

