SOL•FLARE: Revolutionizing Solar Heating with Direct DC Power

🔥 SOL•FLARE: Revolutionizing Solar Heating with Direct DC Power

In the fast evolving landscape of renewable energy, one product is quietly transforming how households harness solar power - not for electricity, but for heat energy. Meet SOL•FLARE, the award-winning DC Power Manager from OneEnergy that’s redefining photovoltaic heating with simplicity, efficiency, and autonomy.

🌞 What Is SOL•FLARE?

SOL•FLARE is a linearly regulated DC power manager that converts solar energy directly into heat - no inverter, no batteries, no energy loss, and an optional grid connection. Designed to work with 6 to 10 solar photovoltaic modules, it channels power straight from your solar panels to the heating element in your hot water cylinder.

SOL•FLARE has an optional grid connection, meaning that when mains is connected you have the best of both worlds - guaranteed hot water at all times even when Solar generation is limited on rainy days. It’s compatible with all existing electric hot water cylinders.

💡 What makes SOL•FLARE different ?

For homeowners and installers seeking cost-effective, scalable solar solutions, SOL•FLARE offers:

• The most cost effective solar self-consumption solution in New Zealand
• Almost loss-free conversion of solar power into heat, using every little bit of power from the sun
• No inverter mains connection / grid approval required
• Outdoor-ready with IP54 protection
• Simple installation and maintenance-free with no moving parts
• Smart communication via WiFi with a free user App.

And with just 6 solar panels, SOL•FLARE can cover up to 50% of a household’s annual energy needs.

🏆 Award-Winning Design

SOL•FLARE recently earned the prestigious German Design Award 2025 in the “Excellent Product Design – Building and Elements” category. The jury praised its user-friendliness and energy autonomy, calling it “a significant step toward self-sufficient energy supply”.

🔧 Flexible Applications

Whether you're retrofitting to your existing home, building a new family home, or wanting to minimise dairy farm or industrial application hot water costs, SOL•FLARE works with:

• household electric hot water cylinders: to make conventional cylinders solar PV compatible.
• large Dairy Farm Hot water cylinders: to minimise daily costs of equipment sanitisation.
• time of use electricity tariffs: to use mains power economically when solar output is low.

🌍 Sustainability Meets Savings

By using solar power directly for heating, SOL•FLARE helps reduce reliance on fossil fuels, lower energy bills, and extends the life of conventional heating systems. It’s a practical, sensible step toward energy independence and making use of our best natural resource, the sun.

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