After a successful trial at a substation, China plans to expand the application of quantum technologies \u2013 including precision sensors and computer simulations \u2013 across its power grid to help prevent blackouts.<\/p>\n
During the 18-month trial in Hefei in Anhui province, quantum technology was used to rapidly detect and diagnose equipment defects and faults in the power system, according to a report published on Wednesday by the party mouthpiece People\u2019s Daily.<\/p>\n
Quantum technology harnesses the physics governing individual atoms, in which they exist in multiple states simultaneously until they are measured, a phenomenon known as \u201csuperposition\u201d. This can be used to measure, compute and communicate data in a variety of ways. While its applications are only beginning to transition from research labs to the real world, it can offer major advantages, especially in precision, speed and security.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe operation has proved that quantum technology is not a \u2018showpiece\u2019, but a \u2018hard support\u2019 for guaranteeing the power supply and promoting development,\u201d Tian Teng, a researcher with Anhui Electric Power Company, was quoted by the report as saying.<\/p>\n
Officially commissioned in November 2024, the first-of-its-kind facility has developed and applied dozens of quantum solutions spanning three domains: measurement, communication and computing.<\/p>\n
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The report described the project as a \u201clandmark integration of the new-type power grid with cutting-edge quantum technology\u201d, representing the first systematic application of quantum tech to power grid engineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a successful trial at a substation, China plans to expand the application of quantum technologies \u2013 including…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1123979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3845],"tags":[305880,305874,30417,3801,1395,109805,305877,305875,305879,30425,96268,74,7457,70,305873,305878,16,15,305876],"class_list":["post-1123978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-physics","tag-anhui-electric-power-company","tag-anhui-electric-power-research-institute","tag-anhui-province","tag-beijing","tag-china","tag-hefei","tag-huaibei","tag-huangshan","tag-maanshan","tag-origin-wukong","tag-peoples-daily","tag-physics","tag-quantum-technology","tag-science","tag-state-grid-corporation-of-china","tag-tian-teng","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-xuancheng"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1123978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1123979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1123978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1123978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1123978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}