Optimising Hydropower System

Hydropower optimization focuses on maximizing energy production, efficiency, and economic returns while adhering to operational, technical, and environmental constraints. These problems are inherently complex due to the nonlinear dynamics of water flow, reservoir interactions, variable electricity prices, and multiple, often conflicting, objectives.

Quantum Computers are promising tools for solving (multi-objective) optimisation problems. They could lead to higher quality results or speed ups in performing the optimisation.

Improving the optimisation outcomes related to hydropower systems can lead to more efficient usage of the energy and a smooth integration into grid networks. Potential quantum-driven speed ups in solving those optimisation issues could also enable real time decision making about when to generate power with a hydropower system.