Hydro Wind Energy
Privacy Policy
1. Who we are
Hydro Wind Energy, Inc. ("HWE", "we", "us", "our") operates the website at hw.energy and provides the technology and information services described on it. Our US office is at 355 Bryant Street, Suite 403, San Francisco, CA 94107. Our UK office is at 86–90 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NE, United Kingdom. For privacy enquiries, contact [email protected].
2. What we collect
We collect a small amount of information, deliberately. The categories are:
- Contact information you give us via the website form: name, email, organisation, enquiry type, and the body of your message.
- Reg A+ sign-up information if you opt in to be notified about a community round: name, email, and optionally country of residence.
- Technical information automatically logged by our hosting infrastructure: IP address, user-agent string, referrer, and the pages you visit.
- Analytics information from privacy-respecting analytics that count visits in aggregate. We do not use third-party advertising or social-media tracking pixels.
3. How we use it
We use this information to respond to your enquiry, to operate and secure the site, to comply with legal obligations (including securities law for Reg A+ communications), and to understand which content is useful. We do not sell your personal information. We do not share it with advertising networks.
4. Legal bases (UK / EEA)
For visitors in the UK and EEA, the legal bases we rely on under UK GDPR / GDPR are:
- Consent for non-essential cookies and Reg A+ marketing communications.
- Legitimate interests for responding to enquiries, operating the website, and aggregate analytics.
- Legal obligation for records we are required to keep under securities, tax, or company law.
5. Retention
Enquiry records are retained for 24 months from the last interaction. Reg A+ sign-ups are retained until you unsubscribe. Server logs are retained for 30 days. Records we are legally required to keep are retained for the statutory period.
6. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you have rights to access, correct, delete, export, or restrict processing of your personal information, and to object to processing. UK and EEA residents have the right to complain to a supervisory authority (in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk). California residents have rights under the CCPA / CPRA, including the right to know, delete, correct, and opt out of "sales" or "sharing" of personal information — though we do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined under California law.
To exercise any of these rights, email [email protected] with "Privacy request" in the subject line. We will respond within 30 days.
7. International transfers
We operate from offices in the US, UK, UAE, Oman, and China, and our service providers may process information in additional jurisdictions. Where we transfer information from the UK or EEA, we rely on adequacy decisions where they exist or on the UK International Data Transfer Addendum and EU Standard Contractual Clauses where they do not.
8. Security
We use industry-standard administrative, technical, and organisational measures to protect personal information. No system is perfectly secure; if you believe an account or message of yours has been compromised, please contact us immediately.
9. Changes
We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this section reflects the most recent revision. Material changes will be flagged on the site for at least 30 days.
Terms of Use
1. Acceptance
By accessing or using hw.energy, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.
2. The site is informational
The website provides information about HWE's technology, products, team, and capital formation activities. Nothing on it constitutes an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security. See the Disclosures section below for the rules that apply to any specific securities-related communications.
3. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- Use the site for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable regulation.
- Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the site, its servers, or related infrastructure.
- Scrape, harvest, or systematically extract content except as permitted by our robots.txt or with our written permission.
- Use the site to harass, defame, or harm any person or entity.
- Introduce malware, exploit vulnerabilities, or interfere with the operation of the site.
4. Intellectual property
All content on the site — including copy, imagery, renders, diagrams, the OceanHydro Omni and SubSea RO Wind product names, the QuenchSea brand, and the HWE logos — is owned by Hydro Wind Energy, Inc. or its licensors. You may not reproduce, redistribute, or create derivative works without our prior written consent, except for fair use purposes and for bona fide press and analyst coverage.
5. Forward-looking statements
The site contains forward-looking statements about technology, performance targets, timelines, capacity ranges, levelised cost of energy targets, and similar matters. These statements reflect HWE's current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. See the Disclosures section for additional context.
6. No warranties
The site is provided "as is" and "as available". To the maximum extent permitted by law, HWE disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
7. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, HWE will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the site, even if advised of the possibility. Our aggregate liability for any claim related to the site will not exceed US$100.
8. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify HWE against claims arising from your breach of these Terms or your misuse of the site.
9. Governing law & venue
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Disputes will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in San Francisco County, California.
10. Changes
We may update these Terms. Continued use of the site after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
Disclosures
1. Not an offer of securities
Information on this website is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security. Any offer of securities by HWE will be made only by means of an offering document filed with or qualified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or under an applicable exemption.
2. Regulation A+ "Testing the Waters"
From time to time HWE may engage in "testing the waters" communications under Regulation A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The information presented in those communications is intended to gauge investor interest and does not represent an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities. No money or other consideration is being solicited at this stage, and if sent in response, will not be accepted. No offer to buy securities may be accepted, and no part of the purchase price may be received, until an offering statement filed with the SEC has been qualified by the SEC. Any indication of interest involves no obligation or commitment of any kind.
If and when an offering is qualified: the offering circular and any related documents will be made available on this site. Until then, please treat all communications as preliminary information only.
3. Forward-looking statements
Communications on this site contain forward-looking statements regarding HWE's technology roadmap (including the 1 MW → 100 MW → 1 GW → 100 GW progression of OceanHydro Omni), unit economics (including LCOE and desalinated water cost targets), capacity factors at various wind regimes, deployment timelines, and similar matters. These are based on current expectations and assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially.
4. Performance projections
Annual yield figures presented for 1 MW, 100 MW, 1 GW, and 100 GW system sizes (at 8 m/s, 12 m/s, and 18 m/s wind speeds) are engineering projections under assumed conditions and do not represent guaranteed performance. Real-world capacity factors will vary with site conditions, regulatory environment, and operating profile.
5. Cost targets
Targets such as <$13–$40 per MWh for OceanHydro Omni and <$0.10 per cubic metre for SubSea RO Wind are aspirational targets at commercial scale, not delivered prices. Pilot unit economics will differ.
6. Third-party logos
References to programmes and recognition (including Techstars, Republic, Shell, Innovate, XPRIZE, AWS Clean Energy, COP28 UAE, Forbes 30 Under 30, PwC Net Zero Future50, the World Economic Forum, and others) are factual references to past participation, acceptance, or coverage, and do not imply endorsement of any future capital raise or commercial outcome by those organisations.
7. Investor categories
Where investment opportunities are described, they may be limited to specific categories of investor (for example, accredited investors under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D, or all investors under Regulation A+). HWE makes no representation that any particular opportunity is suitable for any particular investor.
8. Contact for investor relations
For investor-relations enquiries, please contact [email protected]. We respond to investor enquiries within two business days.