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VAWTs offer a number of advantages over traditional horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs): • Omni-directional VAWTs may not need to track the wind. This means they don''t require a complex mechanism and motors to yaw the rotor and pitch the blades. • Gearbox replacement and maintenance are simpler and more efficient, because the gearbox is accessible at ground level instead of requiring the operator work hundreds of feet in the air. Motor and gearbox failures ge