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Patna,(BiharTimes): As expected Husk Power Systems(HPS) won International Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy for 2011. The prestigious award was given at an official ceremony in London last Thursday.
As reported earlier HPS is a rural electrification firm engaged in generating electricity through the gasification of rice husk, an abundant agricultural waste product, in East Champaran district of Bihar. |
The HPS competed with seven other finalists from Africa, Pakistan and India for a prize money of over £120,000 as Ashden continued its 10 years old tradition of stealing the spotlight on the most effective innovations in sustainable energy across the world.
In the last two years, HPS has been working with Shell Foundation to scale-up operations to bring affordable electricity to many more rural villages in Bihar.
Shell Foundation's support has helped the fledgling company to refine its business model and apply entrepreneurial thinking to India's huge energy deficit areas. This partnership has now resulted in the creation of over 60 gasification plants, providing over 1.5 lakh households with access to clean, reliable and affordable electricity.
HPS aim to serve more than 5,000 villages, save 750,000 tons of carbon-di-oxide, create 7,000 local jobs and generate savings of US$50 million in cash for five million people (by replacing kerosene and diesel with renewable energy) by 2014.
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Congratulations HPs and team!!! Making us Biharis proud of HPS. All the best.
Kaushlendra
Ashoka Fellow
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