Creative Energy: Leveraging Husk Power In India

Monday, January 9, 2012 - 21:30 in Physics & Chemistry

In Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, 85 percent of people are not connected to the electricity grid so households use kerosene lamps when they can afford it and businesses use expensive and dirty diesel generators.Some view this 'energy poverty' as a development problem, others view it as an environmental problem. The founders of Bihar-based Husk Power Systems view it as an opportunity to build a social enterprise.Their motto is tamaso ma jyotir gamaya - ‘from darkness to light’ read more

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