Source: European Parliament
The Commission acknowledges quantum computing’s enormous potential to transform and grow many industrial sectors, including Europe’s clean tech industry. The Quantum Technologies Flagship’s Strategic Research and Industry Agenda for 2030[1] highlights many use cases relevant to clean tech.
To further harness quantum’s great potential and building on the Quantum Declaration[2] signed by 26 Member States, the Commission is preparing a comprehensive quantum strategy aiming to consolidate EU and national initiatives and boost European competitiveness in this strategic field, including measures to increase public and private funding, facilitate the transformation of excellent EU research into marketable devices and applications, build pan-European quantum infrastructures such as advanced pilot lines (supported by, e.g., the Chips[3] and EuroHPC[4] Joint Undertakings), and promote quantum centres of excellence.
It will prioritise skills development, working with universities and research institutes to foster European quantum talent and building on the initiatives in quantum funded by the Digital Europe Programme[5].
The new strategy will help Europe maintain a highly competitive position in both quantum technologies and clean tech, as well as many other fields.
Moreover, European universities alliances can play a key role in developing skills and knowledge for a quantum economy through joint programmes, partnerships and coordinated investments in infrastructure, equipment and human resources.
- [1] https://qt.eu/media/pdf/Strategic-Reseach-and-Industry-Agenda-2030.pdf
- [2] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/european-declaration-quantum-technologies
- [3] https://european-union.europa.eu/institutions-law-budget/institutions-and-bodies/search-all-eu-institutions-and-bodies/chips-joint-undertaking_en
- [4] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/high-performance-computing-joint-undertaking
- [5] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/activities/digital-programme