Details

Last Funding Type

Series C

Last Funding Money Raised

$20M

Industries

Energy,Energy Efficiency,Renewable Energy,Social Entrepreneurship,Solar

Founded date

Jan 1, 2008

Number Of Employee

251 - 500

Operating Status

Active

Husk Power Systems owns, builds and operates solar-hybrid microgrids that serve off-grid and weak-grid communities in rural Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. It provides its business and residential customers with 100% renewable electricity and access to energy efficient appliances. In the process, it is contributing to climate resilience while also avoiding a significant amount of emissions from diesel generation.

The company is a catalyst for economic growth and social well-being, helping rural communities increase incomes and create employment by starting or expanding microenterprises and running electricity-operated machines that increase productivity. It also provides reliable power to local clinics and schools and education, improving healthcare and educational outcomes.

Husk Power Systems was founded by co-founded by CEO Manoj Sinha in 2008 and is based in the United States, with operations in India and Nigeria.