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Who is Husk Power Systems?

Husk’s founder shares lessons from a decade of serving the world’s energy poor. In 2008, customers of the newly founded Husk Power Systems in rural Bihar, India, were content with five to seven hours of electricity each day. The power came on in the evening, turned off sometime in the night and remained off until the next evening.

What happened at Husk Power Systems?

One year has seen immense change at Husk Power Systems. Since this essay was first published in the Spring 2018 edition of Demand | ASME’s Global Development Review, Husk has shuttered all of its gasifier-only power plants and forged ahead with solar/gasifier hybrids.

What is Husk Power Systems (HPS)?

Husk Power Systems (HPS) provided off-grid power to rural Indian villages of about 500 households each. HPS used proprietary technology to generate electricity from rice husk using 35 kilowatts (kW) “mini power plants.”

Is husk a pragmatism or a pet technology?

With a commitment to pragmatism instead of a pet technology, Husk has delivered green, affordable electricity to communities in rural India and Africa for more than a decade. The startup has evolved at the pace of advances in renewable energy technology, switching from gasification to solar as costs came down.

How does husk work?

Husk pays a small sum for the service and trains and pays local residents to feed the gasifier and monitor electricity usage. The power lines Husk uses to connect households to the power generator run a maximum distance of three kilometers. Any longer than that and they become cost prohibitive.

How did husk produce power?

Husk operated a technology that, at the time, seemed poetic: the company generated power by gasifying rice husks, then distributed it to communities in the heart of India’s rice country. The fuel was abundant. In 2008, India produced 148 million metric tons of rice, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.