Quarterly update
Q1 2026 - News & insights
Q1 Report - 2026
Husk’s residential solar business, BEEM, launched in India in 2025, made significant progress in Q1 2026, building on the company’s strong experience in distributed energy resources (DER) and our history of serving more than 66,000 customers. Mobilizing finance for scale is essential, but so is measuring impact along the way. Husk has established an impact measurement framework that tracks quantitative and qualitative results. Husk continued to be recognized for its leadership and innovation, including selection to the Mission 300 Private Sector Council and a Future Energy Leaders Award.
Market focus
Launched in 2025, our residential solar business BEEM made strong progress in Q1 2026, strengthening its digital presence, improving customer acquisition, and expanding market adoption across India. BEEM launched a redesigned, Hindi-enabled website with educational content, an interactive Solar Savings Calculator, mobile-first design, and a simpler customer journey. India’s government rooftop solar program aims to power 30 million homes, with more than 11GW already installed.
Financial outlook
With support from Swedfund and the World Bank, Husk established an impact measurement framework that can scale with the company. Working with impact platform Leonardo, Husk initiated qualitative surveys of existing customers in India and Nigeria, as well as quantitative surveys of communities before and after minigrid deployment. In 2026, the World Bank is supporting Husk to conduct a randomized controlled trial of isolated minigrids in Nigeria. To date, Husk has benefited more than 2.2 million people, connected more than 66,000 customers, and avoided over 80,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
Industry leadership
CEO Manoj Sinha joined the Mission 300 Private Sector Council to help mobilize investment needed to connect 300 million Africans by 2030. Husk also received a Future Energy Leaders Award for technology innovation and was featured in media coverage on the future of distributed energy.
In the news
Below are highlights of recent Husk media coverage:
- Bloomberg Green’s “Zero” podcast interviewed CEO Manoj Sinha
- Husk leaders co-authored a Project Syndicate op-ed on electrifying the Global South
- Husk was named a Technovator at the Future Energy Leaders Award
- CMO William Brent discussed distributed solar on the Hex-Files Energy Marketing Podcast