Hi-VAWT
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| Industry | Renewable Energy Solutions |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 as Hi-Energy Technology Corp. Ltd., renamed in 2009 [1] |
| Headquarters | New Taipei City , Taiwan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Michael Chen, Chairman; |
| Products | Small wind turbines, solar panels, hybrid streetlights |
Number of employees | 50 |
| Website | www |
Hi-VAWT is a renewable energy solutions provider headquartered in Linkou District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.[2] Hi-VAWT has installations in many countries/territories worldwide (Taiwan, China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy,[3] Germany, Poland,[4] Guam, Hawaii,[5] the USA,[6] Jamaica [7] and Canada),[8] and on every continent including Antarctica,.[9] The company also a member of Taiwan Wind Turbine Industry Association.[10]
Hi-VAWT's turbines utilize a combined Darrieus and Savonius wind turbine. Savonius turbine is a drag-type wind turbine that perform well under low-wind speed condition, while Darrieus turbine is a lift-type wind turbine that perform best at high-wind speed condition. The vertical axis allowing the turbine to take wind from all directions simultaneously. While the combo-blades provide a self-starting performance while maintain a good working condition in higher wind speed situation.[11]
Locations
Hi-VAWT business organization was started and is headquartered in Linkou District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The company also has offices/distributors in China,[12] South Korea,[13] Japan [14] and the US,[15] which serve those individual regional markets.
Products
Hi-VAWT’s services including vertical axis wind turbines (ranges from 300 to 3000 watts system), solar panels and hybrid street lights system. The DS-3000 wind turbine system currently is the only vertical axis wind turbine system that has been certified by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai [16] and qualify for Feed-in tariff application in Japan and Taiwan.[17]
References
- ^ "Hi-VAWT Business Presentation" (PDF).
- ^ "Hi-VAWT info".
- ^ "Green thinking - Etneo Energy Italy VAWT".
- ^ "WPIP partners".
- ^ "Aloha Energy Group".
- ^ "With long paybacks, vertical turbines still a tough sell".
- ^ "Wind Energy - Small Wind Focus Jamaica" (PDF).
- ^ "Hi-VAWT DS-3000 Photo Gallery".
- ^ "Hi-VAWT DS-300 Project Gallery".
- ^ "About TWTIA".
- ^ "Small Scale Wind Turbines Optimized for Low Wind Speeds" (PDF).
- ^ "Hi-VAWT China official website".
- ^ "Hi-Energy Korea official website".
- ^ "Fujita Business Partners official website".
- ^ "List of distributors".
- ^ "Register of wind turbine certification" (PDF).
- ^ "ROC launches small wind turbine certification".
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