Husk Power Systems

Business Models and Experience

Electrifying the World

Power to Empower

Husk Power Systems Who are we ?

Globally recognized leader in Rural Electrification using Renewable Energy Founded in 2007, first 40kVA plant went live on Aug 15, 2007 Electrified more than 500 villages and hamlets in India, Nepal and Uganda serving more than 300,000 people

Combined generation capacity using biomass > 3 MW

Attracted investment from more than 20 diverse sources IFC, OPIC, MNRE, Shell Foundation, Acumen Fund, DFJ, LGT VP, Bamboo Finance etc. A motivated team of more than 500 people A large ecosystem of more than 20 suppliers and partners
Capacity to produce and develop Biomass based systems, Solar Systems, Embedded electronic Systems, IT Systems, Thermodynamic Systems

CDM registration underway

Forward sale of future carbon-credits to Shell Trading
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Husk Power Systems In News !!!

2008 Social Enterprise of the Year

Most compelling idea to change the world.

2010: Power to People

Husk Power Systems Technical Achievements

First in the world to develop a sustainable 100% rice husk gasification based electricity generation system
Cheapest Renewable Energy solution

Developed worlds cheapest pre-paid electricity meter Developed a system to remotely monitor plant performance Developed one-of-its-kind solar DC micro-grid using pre-paid charge controllers Developed a low-cost comprehensive Mgmt Information System
HR management system Inventory management system Operations management system Project management system Complaint redress system Learning Management system

Developed a comprehensive training program

First of its kind on Biomass Gasification System O & M training Extensive use of e-learning materials and Learning Management System
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An Ecosystem for Rural Electrification using Biomass

Husk Power Systems An Empowerment House

Energy
Sequesters 100 125 tons of CO2 per year To 200 600 households/shops To run 5 10 irrigation pumps To run small businesses

Environ.

> $50 per house-hold / year, in kerosene saving Savings on drugs

Saves communities from Indoor Air pollution that kills over 1.5 million people per year

Health

One 25-50 kW plant

Jobs

Savings

1 entrepreneur 3 fulltime workers 20-50 part-time workers (mainly women)

Husk Power Systems Business Models

Built Owned Operated and Maintained by HPS

HPS picks a villages, sets up a plant, procures the feedstock and manages it Advantages Disadvantages
Close integration with rural communities Immense learning opportunity Testing ground for innovations Increased opportunities Huge overheads
Management challenge

Capital intensive Limited pace of expansion

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Husk Power Systems Business Models

Built Owned and Maintained by HPS, Operated by a local entrepreneur

HPS partners with a local entrepreneur who contributes about 10% of the project cost and pays a monthly fee
HPS takes care of Training , Machine service and repair HPS Owns the equipment for a fixed timeframe

Advantages Reduced Overheads A model to showcase to the local banks Creates a network of entrepreneurs in the ecosystem

Disadvantages Capital intensive Burden of assessing the credit worthiness of entrepreneurs

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Husk Power Systems Business Models

Built and Maintained by HPS, Owned and Operated by a local entrepreneur

HPS partners with a local entrepreneur who bears the project cost
HPS takes care of Training, Machine service and repair Near-franchise model

Advantages Much reduced overheads Possibility of very fast proliferation Very little capital required Creates a network of entrepreneurs in the ecosystem

Disadvantages Need efforts to convince local banks to finance projects for the entrepreneurs Limited connection with the end customers
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Husk Power Systems Distributed solar micro-grids

Use of pre-paid charge controllers to distribute DC to charge batteries in households / shops One micro-grid in a radius of 100 m
10-50 households / small businesses

HPS provides everything to the customers

Lights, batteries, charge controllers, wires etc
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Husk Power Systems Distributed solar micro-grids

Advantages
Technically very robust Extremely low overheads
No need of plant operators No need of feedstock Pre-paid coupon based tariff collection

Disadvantages Good only for lighting, phone charging and video applications

Possibility of very fast proliferation Attractive ROI

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Bringing Rural Electrification Dreams to reality

Gyanesh Pandey pandey@huskpowersystems.com +91 8292610747 www.huskpowersystems.com