The HONE Thermal/Electric panel science is a combination of both products. It is currently the highest-rated PVT panel globally at over 1 MWhr per sqm/year in the UK/Ireland irradiation levels, 2.5 MWhr/year -Middle East/USA/etc. and 3 MWhr/year within an hour of the equator. This panel makes both high-temperature heat and electricity all from one panel.

This technology is necessary for all high-performance renewable projects, especially ones that are off/private grid or trying to achieve high regulatory requirements such as nZEB/Net Zero compliance. This panel is by far the world’s leading renewable product globally and the only technology with proprietary nanotechnology for harvesting daylight instead of sunlight.

HONE renewable electric technology uses a proprietary pyramidic structure semiconductor which increases the surface area by 350% per sqm. This makes the panel multi-directional, and no requirement to face south or be placed at an ideal angle. HONE Electric technology is designed to maximise the performance of buildings and operate with high kWh outputs in winter & poor weather, unlike standard solar PV, which delivers most of its energy in the summer months.

90% of buildings for the future already exist, and most of them don’t face south or have lots of space, so the output profile is important.

See the case study on Earth House, where a 22KW HONE Thermal Electric system delivers the same monthly output in Dec/Jan as a 76KW standard Solar PV system. 

Using a special 3-Dimensional semiconductor, HONE panels harvest diffused daylight instead of sunlight and outperform standard Solar PV  in cloudy and poor weather conditions. Over a year, HONE electric panels in multi-year studies outperform the “best” Solar PV by 16% per year & by up to 250% per KW(p) installed in winter & cloudy/rainy weather. HONE electric panels outperform low-cost Solar PV by over 50% per year. In Ireland, HONE Electric systems deliver between 950 kWh/KW(p) per year in the West of Ireland up to 1,150 kWh/KW(p) in Wexford. (SEAI data for best Solar PV – 813 kWh/KW(p) per year) – Always as to see data and proof of actual performance from suppliers; if it’s that good, they will be able to prove it.

If your supplier claims they have the best product (as many of them do), get them to prove it; it should be easy if it’s true…