“With electricity demand accelerating due to AI infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and new large-scale industrial loads, grid planning is becoming dramatically more complex —requiring new computational approaches,” said Rima Kasia Oueid, Senior Commercialization Executive at DOE’s Office of Technology Commercialization. “This challenge pushes the frontier by asking whether quantum and hybrid algorithms can help planners evaluate thousands of infrastructure decisions faster and more effectively, unlocking new strategies for resilience, economic efficiency, and energy security to support the next generation of American energy infrastructure.”
Through this collaboration, DOE will contribute technical expertise and evaluation support from across the Department’s National Laboratories. DOE experts will review submitted algorithms and assess their potential for practical energy applications.
The challenge invites startups, technology companies, researchers, students, and independent developers seeking to demonstrate how quantum approaches could enhance grid planning capabilities.