Husk Power Systems

Mission:Husk Power Systems provides reliable

renewable affordable electricity that wows the world – customers by our exemplary service and operational excellence, employees by personal growth and empowerment, and our shareholders through profitability, social impact, and environmental sustainability

Our target is to install 2,000+ plants in 5 years.

$0.25/kWh$0.25/kWh

Choices Considered

$0.50/kWh$0.50/kWh $0.25/kWh$0.25/kWh

Husk Power looked at the options…

Husk Power Systems discovers easy to operate

model

HPS Installation Cost < $1000 per kW

Operational Cost is < $0.10/kWh

HPS Installation Cost < $1000 per kW

Operational Cost is < $0.10/kWh

Husk Power looked at the options … then made our own.

Rice Husk – a Huge Biomass Energy Source

40 Million Metric Tons

Enough to Light 145K Villages

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Stored Husk

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GasifierFilters

Generator

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To Irrigation

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Revenue RHA: Rice Husk Ash

In last 2 years, HPS has consistently delivered on its promises and beaten internal targets:• Completed installation of 23 power plants and developed

capabilities to install at a rate of one power plant/week• Recruited, trained and deployed 20 technical operators in the last

6 monthsCompleted formation of company structure by opening a Mauritius office and completing paper works

• Closed $1.3M of pre-Series A financing from a syndicate of four investors (Acumen Fund, Bamboo Finance, LGT and DFJ/Cisco)

• Completed due diligence required to get additional ~$550K of grant from Shell Foundation to implement Health, Safety and Environmental best practices

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The company is currently exploring multiple avenues to monetize

alternate revenue streams:

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1. Piloting a project with Airtel to become cell phone towers’ energy provider in rural areas

2. Partnering with Havells, an appliance company

3. Exploring must-have product development options with RHC (HPS’s waste)

4. Collaborating with established corporations both in India and USA to explore development of new products/services with a focus on rural areas

New Business Development Activities

1. Provides a long term stable source of revenue and may give HPS an opportunity to become Airtel’s channel partner to distribute its products

2. Brings reliable and efficient CFLs at customers’ door-step and provide 10-20% cost advantage to beneficiaries

3. Develop new products such as Incense sticks (also called agarbatti) etc. that can be immediately monetized

4. Brainstorm sessions indicate HPS becoming a conduit to reliable rural demographics data for CPG companies in addition to developing local must-have products and services

Long Term Impact

HPS Scaling Model:

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$70K$97K

BizPlan2007 2008

1 plant2 plants $550K

Shell Foundation

MNRE

7 plants

$1,100KSeed Fin

10 plants

1H 2009 2H 2009

$1,000KDebt Fin

1 plant/wk

2010

$5,500KSeries A

$3,200KDebt Fin

2011

3 plants/wk

$4,000KDebt Fin

4-6 plants/wk

2012

1.5 plants / m

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Within “home” state Replicate other regions

Husk Power Systems – Impact Value Chain:

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INPUTS• Renewable Energy• Flexible Payments• Buying local waste

ACTIVITIES OUTPUTS OUTCOMES

• 1.5M people impacted (320,000 HH) • 2,160 Jobs created in rural India• 108,000 tons of CO2 saved per year • $20 Savings/HH/Year = $6.4M / Year

Powering rural India one at a time :

Off-grid electricity generation & distribution in INDIA at Bihar by SAMTA SMRIDDHI FOUNDATION.

• A Non-Govt. Organization registered in 2007 under the

Societies Registration Act 21, 1860.

• Based in Patna, Bihar.

• Funded by NRIs as well as local residents.

SAMTA SAMRIDDHI FOUNDATION:

Mission:

Empowerment of remote and neglected rural areas of Bihar through spread of

Energy and smart Agricultural practices

Goal for the project:

To provide clean electric lighting to the households in Tamkuha at a rate cheaper

than their current expenditure

Samta Samriddhi Foundation

Site Selection:

UP on 3 sides and the erratic Great Gandak on the fourth

• Population – approx. 1200 excluding migrants + a thriving marketplace with over 50 shops.

• No. of households – approx. 350• Distance from distt. Headquarter - ~150

km.• Distance from electrical substation – 82

km.• Distance from nearest railhead – 47 km• Paddy production of over 1200 tones/year.

Site Selection

Technology:• Has to be non-conventional.

• Solar energy is expensive.

– Approx. Rs. 400 / W for installation.

• Wind energy is not amply available.

• Biomass energy is practically the only available option.

Technology – Biomass Gasifier

Cost of Establishment

Electric Cable

Transportation

Civil Work

Piping etc Site visits etc

Generator

Gasifier

Total Cost – Rs 10,00,000 *

*We teamed up with new suppliers for the gasifier and the generator with govt approved suppliers the cost is over Rs 25,00,000 our system is cheaper even without the govt subsidy.

Power Distribution:

• Rice husk at ~90p per kg– Rs. 0.9 * 50 * 6 * 30 per month– Had planned it at 50p per kg

• LPG cylinders are expensive– Can’t procure enough from the LPG dealers at the

controlled prices– Rs 500 per cylinder in the black market

• Rs. 500 * 10 per month

Power Distribution – EconomicsProble

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Solution

•Generate own rice-husk.

•Remove the LPG.

• Setup a mini Rice mill in partnership with a local at the plant– Milling capacity of ~400 kg paddy per hour using approx. 15 A /

phase – Milling at zero cost to attract consumers

• Operation and depreciation cost to be recovered by sale of the bran

– Approx. Rs.10,000 per month (Rs.4000 organization’s share)

• Operate the dehusker and polisher alternatively– Possible to operate in parallel with the electricity supply to users

• Generation of ~300 kg rice-husk per day– Daily consumption is approximately the same– More than 40% rice-husk generated assuming 6 months operation

of the rice mill• Cost of setting up the rice mill ~ Rs. 70,000

– Organization’s share Rs.35,000

Power Distribution – Economics

Generating Rice-husk:

This is not just about money …“India got independence from England 60 years ago, but this village got its

Independence today.” - Gyanesh Pandeyji (in 2007).

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