So I do a lot of complaining about innovation in Europe. Yet I've also stressed one of our stronger points, cooperation. Today I found out most of Europe's electricity grid is ruled by an astoundingly clever algorithm that is so good you've never heard of it: Euphemia.
Through this algorithm, Europe's electricity producers & consumers are matched up every day with their hourly respective production possibilities and consumption needs, taking into account the constraints of (international) connectors. The algorithm takes 17 minutes to converge!