Husk has announced the launch of its groundbreaking AI-enabled Distributed Energy Resources (DER) platform, designed to deliver reliable, affordable and renewable electricity to 30 million people across the Global South by 2030. The announcement was made at the Africa Investment Forum (AIF), where Husk formally began raising $400 million in equity and debt to support its next phase of expansion.
The “Powering Prosperity” platform will drive the development of at least 2 gigawatts (GW) of distributed solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) across South and Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years. The company has already raised more than $125 million and currently provides clean energy to over 2.2 million people in India and Nigeria. The platform is built to support three main customer groups. It delivers clean power to entire communities through isolated and grid-connected solar minigrids; commercial and industrial (C&I) customers are served with standalone roof-top and ground-mounted solar systems tailored to their operational needs and households, schools and health facilities benefit from turnkey EPC solutions or power purchase agreement (PPA) models that provide reliable, affordable electricity around the clock.
At the centre of the platform is a sophisticated AI-driven digital infrastructure. Predictive and agentic algorithms forecast real-time energy demand and optimise system operations every 30 minutes, reducing costs, enhancing system reliability and maximising the renewable energy share.
Manoj Sinha, Husk CEO and Co-Founder, said, “Husk has evolved into an AI-powered DER provider serving communities, households and businesses. This next chapter builds on our decade of operational experience and enables us to deploy 2GW of renewable capacity by 2030 while tailoring DER solutions to the needs of each market.
Husk’s expansion will play a critical role in reducing diesel reliance and accelerating clean energy adoption across emerging markets by avoiding 5 megatons of carbon emissions, retiring tens of thousands of diesel generators, creating more than 33,000 direct jobs and supporting climate-resilient economic growth for 30 million people.
The initiative aligns with major global energy and development goals, including the World Bank and African Development Bank’s Mission 300, aimed at electrifying 300 million people across Africa by 2030, and India’s ambition to install 500GW of non-fossil fuel energy capacity within the same timeframe.
To support the new strategy and expanded vision, Husk has also launched a redesigned corporate website showcasing its AI-enabled approach and plans to scale clean energy solutions across the Global South.
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