IBM and E.ON have published a joint study on the potential for quantum computing to help refine the prediction and modeling techniques used to optimize critical energy routing for the 40 million customers E.ON serves across Europe.
Efficiently routing critical power supplies around the world is a highly complex process that involves sophisticated risk management. Global shifts to a wide range of renewable energy sources add further complexity as providers attempt to accurately anticipate dynamic global energy consumption patterns. E.ON is one of the world’s largest investor-owned electric utility companies, and they continue to engage in early and imaginative explorations of the potential power of quantum computing when applied to some of the world’s most challenging optimization problems.
Check out the link to our case study immediately below for a deeper dive on the science at the heart of the work!
Alex Lukin 