Quantum Guide to Commercial Acceleration: Energy Sector

Source: Infinity QD | · LINKEDIN · | January 28, 2025

Quantum technologies are poised to offer significant advantages to the energy sector, but greater research and collaboration between the industry and quantum technologists is required to explore the best near-term and longer-term use cases.

Quantum sensors are the technology with the greatest potential in the immediate future, offering a range of opportunities to take advantage of higher-precision measurements that aren’t possible with conventional tools. Use cases in the energy sector include subsurface imaging, monitoring infrastructure, and market optimisation using atomic clocks.

The potential of quantum computing is being actively explored by large energy companies, with future use cases including imaging, synthesising new materials, and optimising schedules, planning, and operations.

This report explores a wide range of opportunities and challenges facing the use of quantum technologies in the energy sector.