With a commitment to pragmatism instead of a pet technology, Husk has delivered green, affordable electricity to communities in rural India and Africa for more than a decade. The startup has evolved at the pace of advances in renewable energy technology, switching from gasification to solar as costs came down. This is the story of a fast-growing, technology-agnostic green energy startup.
2018 was a transformative year for Husk Power Systems, the decentralized energy supplier in rural India and Tanzania. At the outset, Husk’s CEO Manoj negotiated a $20 million...