‘I te rā werawera, kua pai rawa te kōwhiri i te moni.’ Ka whakahaere rātou i te hiko mō te wāhi o te rā. Ko tēnei he pai, nā tēnei ka taea e mātau te iti i tō mātau whakamahi i ngā mamae whenua, e kino ana i te whenua. Koina te aha, ko te mea e pā ana ki te mahi o ngā pāneli ra, ko ngā kiri fōtovolaike, ā, ko te mea e āhei ai tēnei ki te āhei mai i a mātau?
Ko ngā pāneli ra, e mōhio ana hoki ki te ingoa pānehu rorohiko kawea āhua ko te whakamahere, he mea hei whakarerekē i te uru o te rā ki te waiūrangi. He maha ngā itiiti āheinga e kōrerohia ana ko ngā paepae rā. I te waenganui i te rā ka tuhituhi i a rātou, ka hanga ngā paepae rā i tēnei waiūrangi. Ka puta te uru o te rā ki runga i ngā paepae rā, ka horoihia ngā ihi mea (electrons) ka whakatupu hoki i tētahi huringa waiūrangi. Ka taea te huringa nei ki te whakamahi mo ā mātou whare, kura me ēnei tuwatawhatanga.
Ki te tae mai te rā ki runga i tētahi paaneli fotovolaikei, ka hīkina e ngā kūwaha rā i roto i te paaneli te wāhi. Ka whakapuaki ngā kūwaha rā i te rā me te whakawai ki te wāhi. Ka haere te wāhi i roto i ngā piringa hei whakatipu i ā-mātau pūhanga me ngā māhari. Ko tēnei wāhi rā anō hoki ko te wāhi rā. Ko te wāhi i whakapuakina e ngā paaneli fotovolaikei he wāhi horoi me te whakaora, kāore i whakaputu ai ngā hau kino hei here i ngā whare wāhi nui. Ko tēnei ka whakaiti i te hainuku me te hainuku o te hau.

Te whakahoahoa i te waiata ki te rautaki hiko i runga i ngā paeneke pūao mā te whiwhi i te moni e taea ana hei utu i ngā pūtake hiko. Ka ora tonu tātou i te mea kaua e whakamahi i ngā momo hua parari nui, ara ko ngā kauri me ngā waiwai, ā, ka whakamahi tonu tātou i te mana o te rā motuhake atu. Ko tēnei he āhuatanga hoki hei whakaiti i ō tātou tohu karboni me te tiaki i te taiao mō ngā pepeke tata ki muri. E mea nei, e hiahiatia ana ngā moni i te tuarua o te timata, engari he nui ngā hua kei te maha ake i te wā e noho pūmau ana tātou i te whakatika.

He nui ngā pai o ngā paeneke pūao. Ka taea e rātou te whakaiti i te whakamahi i ngā hua parari, te iti i ngā pūtake hiko, ā, āhei hoki ki te whakapai i te uara o ngā whare. Ka tuku anō ngā paeneke pūao i te mana motuhake hiko mā te kitea e rātou i te hiko e hangaia nei, kāore i te hikitia i te rāhui. Tirohia mai hoki, mā te whakamahi i te rā, ka hanga i ngā mahi i roto i te rāngai hiko rangatira, me te whakawhitiwhiti i te tūrangi e pai ai mō te katoa.

Ka taea e ngā pāneli fōtovolaike te whai i runga i te whakahaere i te hiko mō ngā whare. E āheinga ana rātou ki te māharahara i ngā pūtahi huarahi, ki te whakapakari i ngā motokā hiko, ā, ki te tuku hiko ki ngā wāhi kua he mea te wheako ki te rārangi hiko. He take atu, kei te hanga ētahi kāmenga i ngā tekoteko hei whakauru i roto i ngā kakahu me ngā rīpoata kaweake i runga i te tangata kia whakahaere i tana hiko i te noho ara mahi rānui. Ko ēnei ko ētahi o ngā horopaki e taea nei e te rangahau anō i roto i ngā pāneli fōtovolaike.