Aim: Engage stakeholders to identify technology gaps related to communication and security and to develop a roadmap for key technologies of interest for Grid modernization using Quantum Networks. This is sub working group focused on Comms.
Project Mission
The complexity of the power grid is increasing significantly, with faster acting and more controllable power electronics devices. Maintaining reliability, security, and resilience of such a complex power grid will have challenges that may need leap-of-faith new solutions like quantum technologies.
The focus of this project is to establish an ecosystem for evaluation of quantum technologies in the power grid to showcase their value to the power grid. This group is focused on communications for Grid-Quantum (WG3).
Project Objectives
Engage stakeholders to identify gaps and develop roadmap for key technologies of interest
Identify key commercialization opportunities
An applied power grid and quantum facility (leveraging GRID-C, QCUP)
Develop simulated capabilities for understanding the impact of quantum technologies on the power grid
Design hardware-in-the-loop, hardware, and field demonstration testbeds
Establish use cases for quantum information science for power grid
Computing techniques for contingency analysis and optimization (unit commitment, planning)
Security for the grid using advanced quantum networking & communication techniques such as secure relays, resilient timing distribution, and QKD on hybrid channels, with development aided by simulated environments
Sensors for power grid operation and failure event and gas leak detection.
