ElectriFI doubles down on Husk Power Systems with $4 mn investment, accelerates clean energy accessHusk has delivered reliable, clean electricity to remote communities, households, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and fac...
15 Apr, 2024, 03.57 PM IST
Bright future comes in small sizes: Mini grids promise to electrify the countryPatchy electricity connection in India’s hinterlands remains a big obstacle for development. Solar’s ability to be successfully deployed in...
06 Jan, 2024, 09.41 AM IST
Mini is mighty: How Patna-based Husk Power is electrifying rural areas around the worldWhile some of the world’s top renewable energy firms are facing financial constraints, a Patna-based company with a unique business model i...
27 Nov, 2023, 09.51 AM IST
Eight Indians, PIOs, including World Bank's Ajay Banga and Ola's Bhavish Aggarwal, in Time 100 Climate listThe list includes notable figures such as Rajiv J Shah, president of The Rockefeller Foundation; Geeta Aiyer, founder and president of Bost...
17 Nov, 2023, 04.48 PM IST
Corporate funding in global solar sector falls 18% to $18.7 billion, says Mercom Capital report"Total corporate funding in 9M 2022 (first nine months) stood at USD 18.7 billion, 18 per cent lower compared to USD 22.8 billion raised in...
18 Oct, 2022, 05.12 PM IST
Husk Power Systems secures $6 mn debt finance from EDFI ElectriFIThe new microgrids are in addition to the more than 120 microgrids that Husk already owns and operates in India.
16 Sep, 2022, 08.52 AM IST
Generating electricity for millions: Husk Power bolsters Modi's dream of power to allHusk Power aims to provide electricity by using 100% renewable power with help of decentralised mini-grids.
01 Mar, 2019, 08.32 PM IST
Husk Power raises $20 mn for its mini-grid businessFirm has received the sum from multiple sources and plans to use it in scaling business operations in Asia and Africa.
16 Jan, 2018, 02.13 PM IST
Green energy: Lakshadweep to generate electricity from coconut leaves, stem, husk and shellsInhabitants of 11 Lakshadweep islands have decided to stop using diesel and turn to coconuts for meeting their frugal power needs.
01 Jun, 2013, 10.11 AM IST
- Alstom grants Euros 90K to Husk Power Systems Project for a green project
Alstom disbursed a Euro 90K grant to a husk power systems project which aims to minimize water usage by over 80% and save 150,000 tons of C...
22 May, 2012, 05.24 PM IST
- Husk Power Systems: Spreading light and opportunity in the hinterlands
Patna-based Husk Power Systems (HPS), a five-year-old off-grid electricity company, uses discarded rice husks to generate power.
27 Jan, 2012, 06.50 AM IST
- Two Indian firms win green energy awards
Two Indian firms have won the prestigious Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy, considered as the "Green Oscar".
22 Jun, 2011, 03.22 PM IST
- Two Indian firms win green energy awards
Two Indian firms have won the prestigious Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy, considered as the "Green Oscar".
22 Jun, 2011, 03.21 PM IST
- Two Indian firms win Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy
Two Indian firms have won the prestigious Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy, considered as the "Green Oscar".
17 Jun, 2011, 01.25 PM IST
- Why wait for gas? NRIs power West Champaran with rice husk
A small group of US-based NRIs have set up rice husk-based power-generating units in the area, lighting up some 500-700 households spread o...
12 May, 2010, 04.00 AM IST
- Gen Y entrepreneurs bet big on clean-tech innovations
It is not everyday that a young consultant at McKinsey & Co trades in a job at the firm’s Seattle office for the rough and tumble of busine...
03 Feb, 2010, 03.35 AM IST
- Rice husk power: Virginia venture for Bihar villages
Two Virginia University students have started a project with an India-based partner to supply electricity to villages in Bihar by burning r...
14 May, 2008, 09.51 AM IST