Fujitsu Sells Smart Meters To U.S. Utility

Fujitsu Ltd. will deliver smart meters featuring its proprietary wireless research to a U.S. utility that operates a electrical smart grid, the Nikkei reported in its Sunday edition, citing company sources.

The wireless research will allow Kit Carson Electric

The wireless research will allow Kit Carson Electric, a New Mexico-based power company, to build a network of smart meters for about 30% less than by using smart meters however on the market.

Fujitsu will as well build a computer system to maintain electricity consumption data for each household, using cloud computing. That as well sharply reduces the cost of building smart grids.

Track record in the U.S.

Fujitsu has along these lines far done little business with power companies however hopes to build a track record in the U.S., which leads in building smart grids. It wants to use that experience to sell equipment for such grids in Japan, Britain, Germany and China. It is aiming for a total of Y100 billion in sales of smart grid equipment through fiscal 2014.

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