Company:Hi-VAWT

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Short description: Taiwanese renewable energy solutions provider
Hi-VAWT Technology Corp. Ltd.
IndustryManufacturing
Founded2005 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
ProductsSmall wind turbines, solar panels, hybrid streetlights
OwnerMichael Chen
Number of employees
50
Websitehi-vawt.com.tw

Hi-VAWT is a renewable energy solutions[buzzword] 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] United States ,[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]

In May 2019, DS3000 also certified by Small Wind Certification Council,[18][19] which means that the turbine qualified for various Feed-in-Tariff or other rebate programs in the USA.

Hi-VAWT wind turbine installation in Taiwan

See also

  • Wind power
  • Renewable energy in Taiwan
  • Electricity sector in Taiwan

References

  1. ↑ "Hi-VAWT Business Presentation". http://renenergy.eu/Hi-Energy_VASWT_Business_Presentation_20110302.pdf. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  2. ↑ "Hi-VAWT info". http://www.verticalwindturbineinfo.com/vawt-manufacturers/hi-vawt-vertical-wind-turbines/. 
  3. ↑ "Green thinking - Etneo Energy Italy VAWT". http://www.etneoenergy.com/wind.html. 
  4. ↑ "WPIP partners". Archived from l2.html the original on 2016-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081539/http://www.wpip.pl/hi-vawt%2C835%2Cl2.html. 
  5. ↑ "Aloha Energy Group". http://www.alohaenergygroup.com/products/small-wind-turbines. 
  6. ↑ "With long paybacks, vertical turbines still a tough sell". http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2012/01/04/small-wind-turbines/. 
  7. ↑ "Wind Energy - Small Wind Focus Jamaica". http://www.pcj.com/dnn/Portals/0/Documents/Small%20wind%20presentation%20-%20March%203%202011.pdf. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  8. ↑ "Hi-VAWT DS-3000 Photo Gallery". http://www.hi-vawt.com.tw/en/ds3000w_photogallery.html. 
  9. ↑ "Hi-VAWT DS-300 Project Gallery". http://www.hi-vawt.com.tw/en/ds300w_projectgallery.html. 
  10. ↑ "About TWTIA". http://www.twtia.org.tw/english/. 
  11. ↑ "Small Scale Wind Turbines Optimized for Low Wind Speeds". https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/45531/Hayes_Proceedings_Paper.pdf?sequence=1. 
  12. ↑ "Hi-VAWT China official website". http://www.hi-vawt.com/page/ch_welcome.html. 
  13. ↑ "Hi-Energy Korea official website". http://www.hi-energy.co.kr. 
  14. ↑ "Fujita Business Partners official website". http://fbps.jp. 
  15. ↑ "List of distributors". http://www.hi-vawt.com.tw/en/distributors.html. 
  16. ↑ "Register of wind turbine certification". http://www.classnk.or.jp/hp/pdf/activities/windmill_attestation/en/reg_wind_e.pdf. 
  17. ↑ "ROC launches small wind turbine certification". http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=207876&ctNode=445. 
  18. ↑ "Hi VAWT Technology/Colite Technologies DS3000". https://smallwindcertification.org/certified-turbines/ds3000. 
  19. ↑ "What's Up With The Micro Wind Turbines? They're Up!" (in en-US). 2019-09-19. https://cleantechnica.com/2019/09/19/whats-up-with-micro-wind-turbines-theyre-up-cleantechnica-exclusive-interview/. 



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