Hi-VAWT

Hi-VAWT Technology Corp. Ltd.
Industry Manufacturing
Founded 2005 as Hi-Energy Technology Corp. Ltd., renamed in 2009 [1]
Headquarters Linkou District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Jacken Chen, General Manager
Products Small wind turbines, solar panels, hybrid streetlights
Owner Michael Chen
Number of employees
 50
Website www.hi-vawt.com.tw

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]

Hi-VAWT wind turbine installation in Taiwan

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hi-VAWT Business Presentation" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Hi-VAWT info".
  3. ↑ "Green thinking - Etneo Energy Italy VAWT". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
  4. ↑ "WPIP partners". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
  5. ↑ "Aloha Energy Group".
  6. ↑ "With long paybacks, vertical turbines still a tough sell".
  7. ↑ "Wind Energy - Small Wind Focus Jamaica" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Hi-VAWT DS-3000 Photo Gallery".
  9. ↑ "Hi-VAWT DS-300 Project Gallery".
  10. ↑ "About TWTIA". Archived from the original on 2013-05-04.
  11. ↑ "Small Scale Wind Turbines Optimized for Low Wind Speeds" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "Hi-VAWT China official website".
  13. ↑ "Hi-Energy Korea official website".
  14. ↑ "Fujita Business Partners official website".
  15. ↑ "List of distributors".
  16. ↑ "Register of wind turbine certification" (PDF).
  17. ↑ "ROC launches small wind turbine certification".
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