EDF on quantum technologies

EDF-R&D conducts research and development activities and builds partnerships with academic and industrial laboratories on several topics:

• Quantum simulation, to study the ageing of material in electricity production facilities, the development of photovoltaic cells…; 
• Quantum computing and algorithms and their application to optimisation, probabilistic safety studies, machine learning…;
• Quantum metrology and its progress towards a new generation of sensors;
• Cryptography and quantum communications for the protection of its assets.

Several theses are being developed on those topics and EDF R&D contributes to the European Project PASQuanS (Programmable Atomic Large Scale Quantum Simulation).

EDF R&D is involved in the numerous networks under construction, especially on the Saclay Plateau where its research centre EDF-LAB-Paris Saclay, the Île-de-France Photovoltaic Institute (IPVF), a common research unit EDF-R&D, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Ecole Polytechnique, Total, Air Liquide, Horiba and Riber are located.

For instance, EDF R&D works with the Institut d’Optique (IOGS) to apply adiabatic computation and quantum annealing techniques to hard combinatorial optimisation problems in the field of energy management. 

Contact :
marc.porcheron@edf.fr