session 7 - husk power systems
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Presentations from the Workshop on Sharing Business Models and Scaling up Mini Grids in Asia and Pacific, 6-7 February 2013TRANSCRIPT
Husk Power Systems – Who are we ?
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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
Husk Power Systems In News !!!
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2008 Social Enterprise of
the Year
Most compelling idea to
change the world.
2010: Power to People
Husk Power Systems – Technical Achievements
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First in the world to develop a sustainable 100% rice husk gasification based electricity generation system – Cheapest Renewable Energy solution
Developed world’s 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
Husk Power Systems – An Empowerment House
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Savi
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Job
s
He
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One 25-50 kW
plant
To 200 – 600 households/shops
To run 5 – 10 irrigation pumps
To run small businesses
> $50 per house-
-hold / year,
in kerosene savings &
Savings on drugs
1 entrepreneur
3 fulltime workers
20-50 part-time workers
(mainly women)
Saves
communities from
Indoor Air
pollution that kills
over 1.5 million
people per year
Sequesters
100 – 125 tons
of CO2 per
year
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
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Close integration with rural communities
Immense learning opportunity
Testing ground for innovations
Increased opportunities
Huge overheads – Management challenge
Capital intensive
Limited pace of expansion
Advantages
Disadvantages
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
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Reduced Overheads
A model to showcase to the local banks
Creates a network of entrepreneurs in the ecosystem
Capital intensive
Burden of assessing the credit worthiness of entrepreneurs
Advantages
Disadvantages
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
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Much reduced overheads
Possibility of very fast proliferation
Very little capital required
Creates a network of entrepreneurs in the ecosystem
Need efforts to convince local banks to finance projects for the entrepreneurs
Limited connection with the end customers
Advantages
Disadvantages
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
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Technically very robust
Extremely low overheads
– No need of plant operators
– No need of feedstock
– Pre-paid coupon based tariff collection
Possibility of very fast proliferation
Attractive ROI
Good only for lighting, phone charging and video applications
Advantages
Disadvantages
Bringing Rural Electrification Dreams to reality
Gyanesh Pandey
+91 8292610747
www.huskpowersystems.com