High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A panemone windmill is a type of vertical axis wind turbine. It has a rotating axis positioned vertically, while the wind-catching blades move parallel to the wind. By contrast, the shaft of a horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) points into the wind while its blades move at right-angles to the wind`s thrust. That is, a panemone primarily uses drag whereas the blades of a HAWT use lift.