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Husk Power Systems in Bihar
Ratnesh Kumar (left), co-founder and COO of Husk Power Systems Pvt Ltd. An 40 kVA power plant, owned and operated by Husk Power Systems (HPS), is seen in the background. Like all of HPS' power plants, this biomass gasifier creates gas from discarded rice husk, which is then used to fuel an internal combustion engine and create electricity. In this way, HPS provides electricity to around one lakh (100.000) people across 125 villages in Bihar. Majhowlia Village, Bettiah district.
07/14/2010
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The eastern state of Bihar is one of the most energy deprived regions in all of India. Government policy to distribute electricity through a centralised grid is failing to provide power to people in rural areas, and tens of millions of people have no access to electricity at all. If this traditional, fossil-fuel-based approach continues, the lack of energy access will soon become a bottleneck to Bihar's otherwise rapid development. This documentation includes various initiatives taken by local entrepreneurs who are successfully developing decentralized non-conventional energy production, using solar and discarded rice husk power systems.
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