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Kaisei Power reports yearlong test of small vertical-axis turbine at Kalaʻoloa Heritage Park
Summary
Kaisei Power updated the Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority on a 0.3 kW vertical-axis wind turbine installed at Kalaʻoloa Heritage Park in early 2025, saying it has operated about 10 months and provides auxiliary power (charging/lighting) where grid power is unavailable.
Kaisei Power told the Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority on Jan. 7 that a small vertical-axis wind turbine installed at Kalaʻoloa Heritage Park in Kapolei has been operational for about 10 months and is intended to provide auxiliary power for park maintenance and lighting.
Robert Condiff of Kaisei Power said the demonstration unit is a 0.3 kilowatt device installed in early 2025 on an existing concrete pad inside a secured perimeter. "It stands approximately 22 feet high," Condiff said, and has a circumference of about 4 feet. The company said…
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