Relevance of Battery Storage for Rural Electrification and Powering Telecom Towers - Puneet Rustagi

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Relevance of Battery Storage for RuralElectrification and Powering Telecom

TowersPuneet Rustagi

April 2013



The Need…

That’s why Husk Power created small

decentralized off-grid systems – small-scale, local energy



Our Vision…

We aim to provide electricity to 10 million energydeprived people across the world in over 10,000 villages

by installing 3000 plants by 2017. We will also power

telecom towers as part of village outreach vision



A very large opportunity…

Electrification rate in rural India is

52%;

By 2030, only 30% of the rural

communities will be connected

through grid;

Telecom operators need reliable

power because energy has

become the largest cost driver;

40% of opex on power and fuel;

Power deficient communities and

telecom towers are mostly co-

located;



The Solution…

A solar and biomass hybrid

power system which works alongwith a battery storage system to

provide households and telecom

towers with electricity.

Solar power system

Biomass power system

Battery Storage Bank*Only for telecom towers;

for the households the

battery is placed in their

houses

Telecom

towers

Community entrepreneurs extend

power into the community



Founded in 2007, first 40kWe went live in

Aug 2007

Strategic partnership with Shell Foundation

for capacity building, establishing heath and

safety procedures and training

infrastructure.

Manages close to 100 biomass and solar off-

grid power plants as of Mar 2013; all of them

are in Bihar, India

Serves more than 350 villages and over

150,000 low income households in India

Trained over 300 operators and mechanics

Introduction to Husk Power Systems



Key features of the business model…

Husk Power builds,

operates and owns theplants as well as the

battery storage bank

System is designed in a

away to minimize perunit costs as well as

capital costs.

For Telecom towers, we

run a power cable fromthe plant and power issold on a per unit basis

For household

consumers, power issold on a monthly feebasis



Utility of energy storage devices

Helps to increase the reliability of power which is critical

for the success of business;

Provides more time for repair and maintenance in the

event of downtime;

Helps to combine different sources of power and utilizethem to manage the demand together; advantage of

synergy from different sources;



Thank you!! Puneet Rustagi

Director, Business Development & Strategy

Husk Power Systems

For further details mail to:

[email protected]

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