Fuji Electric to study smart energy grid for Andhra Pradesh

HYDERABAD: Japan’s Fuji Electric will conduct a feasibility study on a smart energy grid for Andhra Pradesh to monitor the energy consumption and forecast the demand, an exercise aimed at developing a more efficient energy management system in the state.

The company, which has already committed to a similar feasibility study for a smart grid project in Panipat in Haryana, agreed to the project following Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s request during his ongoing tour of Japan.

The CM’s office said in a statement on Wednesday that the company, while responding to Naidu’s request when he visited Smart Grid Community at Kitakyushu City, has agreed to send its representatives to Andhra Pradesh in a month or two.

Though Andhra Pradesh has an energy monitoring system, it does not have forecasting mechanisms in place, said Naidu.