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Indonesia. It is suitable for locations away from
national grid lines, potential installation locations
being high-rise buildings in cities, fish farms, the
highlands and isolated resorts.
The CAWT was selected as one of the finalists
and awarded the First Prize at the National
Intellectual Properties Award or Anugerah Harta
Intelek Negara (AHIN) 2016 under the “Patents”
category. The invention was also awarded the place
of 1st runner up during the Engineering Invention
& Innovation Exhibition, EINIX, 2015 organised
by The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM).
Currently, the lead research group is developing
an up-scale 300W prototype. The project is
supported by the Fundamental Research Grant
Scheme (FP053-2013B), the Malaysian Ministry
of Higher Education and the University of Malaya
High Impact Research Grant (HIRG). Special
appreciation is credited to the University of Malaya
Centre of Innovation & Commercialisation (UMCIC)
for the patent filing and support throughout the
research process.
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The CAWT is more stable when
compared to the HAWT especially
during rough sea profiles in bad
weather as its center of gravity is
expected to be located in its lower
portion.
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Figure 8. (top) The CAWT awarded the First Prize
at the National Intellectual Properties Award or
Anugerah Harta Intelek Negara (AHIN) 2016 and
(bottom) awarded the place of 1st Runner-up
during the Engineering Invention & Innovation
Exhibition, EINIX, 2015.