Enterprise Profiles

The enterprise has designed award-winning solar DC freezers and is leveraging it to create supply chain solutions in the agri and allied sectors. It also provides solar home-kits, solar freezing and cooling solutions, and a range of solar street lights, all geared for consumers in weak-grid and off-grid areas.

The processor also works as a pressure cooker with temperature control and auto cut-off facilities. Further, it offers a condensation mechanism, which helps in the extraction of essence and oil from flowers, seeds and medicinal plants.

Currently, the enterprise supports existing khadi and village industries with efficient supply chain, technology support and market development support.

Based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, the enterprise develops technologies that are affordable and accessible to small and marginal dairy farmers. Hydrogreens grows fodder in a low-cost micro climate-controlled grow house that can operate even in 40 to 50 degrees Celsius with just half a bucket of water.

It is small enough to carry with a flow rate big enough to satisfy marginal farmers preferences at a bankable price point that does not rely on subsidy.

The enterprise has commercialised nine machines for various activities including silk yarn production and weaving, helping existing artisans to improve their livelihood and bringing in new people, particularly the young generation into the industry.

The company offers the entire spectrum of solar pumping solutions, ranging from 0.5 HP to 10HP AC & DC solar pumps, surface and submersible pumps. Claro Energy has impacted over 1,00,000 people in 14 states.

The systems are at least 20% more efficient than competitors, reducing the solar system cost significantly. The modularity allows farmers to increase the system without having to replace the existing installations.

They offer two products, Ecofrost, a portable solar-powered cold room based on thermal energy storage, which can maintain low temperatures without any backup power, and Ecotron, a smart controller for irrigation pumps.

Their solar cold storage and solar milk cooler store energy in the form of ice. This off-grid solar cooling solution reduces post-harvest losses, improves quality and increases profit margins across the entire supply chain of agri produce.

KARMA has also developed solar-powered aerators (with grid interoperability), which can be used to minimise the running cost of shrimp farmers.

The biomass used is carbon neutral and does not contribute to environmental damage.

PLUSS has developed an affordable and sustainable, drying device that helps in value addition of farmers’ produce and fetches them higher income.

The solar dryers are designed according to the FSSAI norms and retains the natural colour, taste, fragrance and nutrients of the dried products.

S4S Technologies works with a range of partners to create a sustainable supply of processed food products.

PLUSS has developed an affordable and sustainable, drying device that helps in value addition of farmers’ produce and fetches them higher income.

The solar dryers are designed according to the FSSAI norms and retains the natural colour, taste, fragrance and nutrients of the dried products.