Ko te tikanga, ko te whakaputa hiko ranu he pūnaha whakaputa hiko e whakakotahi ana i ngā pūtake pūngao e rua, neke atu rānei, hei whakaputa hiko. Kei roto i ēnei pūtake ko ngā pūtake pūngao whakahou pēnei i te rā, te hau, te hiko wai rānei, me ngā whakaputa hiko wahie tuku iho, ngā pākahiko rānei.

He mea noa te whakamahi i ngā miihini hiko ranu i ngā wāhi tawhiti, i ngā wāhi tūmatanui rānei, ina he iti, he kore rānei e taea te uru atu ki tētahi whatunga hiko pono. Ka taea hoki te whakamahi i roto i ngā pūnaha hono whatunga hei tāpiri i ngā pūtake hiko tuku iho, hei whakapai ake hoki i te manawanui whānui ki te pūngao.

Ko te whakamahinga nui o ngā pūnaha whakaputa hiko ranu ko te whakaputa hiko wera o te rā ranu, e whakamahi ana i ngā kaha tino pai o te whakaputa hiko photothermal, ā, ka whakakotahi i tēnei me ētahi atu puna hiko pēnei i te hau me te photovoltaics hei hanga i tētahi huinga pai o te hau, te mārama, te wera me te rokiroki. Ka taea e tēnei momo pūnaha te whakaoti pai i te raruraru taurite o te putanga hiko i ngā wā tino nui me ngā wā whāiti o te whakamahinga hiko, te whakapai ake i te whai huatanga o te whakamahinga hiko, te arotau i te kounga o te hiko hou, te whakarei ake i te pumau o te putanga hiko, me te whakapai ake i te kaha o te pūnaha hiko ki te whakauru i te kaha hau wā-poto, te whakaputa hiko photovoltaic, me ētahi atu. Ngā kaha me ngā painga whānui o te hiko whakahou.

Ko te kaupapa o tētahi mīhini whakaputa hiko ranu he whakamahi i ngā painga o ngā pūtake hiko maha hei whakapiki i te pai, te pono, me te pumau. Hei tauira, mā te whakakotahi i ngā panera rā me ngā mīhini whakaputa hiko tīhiera, ka taea e tētahi pūnaha ranu te whakarato hiko ahakoa kāore i te rawaka te hihi o te rā, ka whakaiti i te whakawhirinaki ki ngā wahie pūmua me te whakaiti i ngā utu whakahaere whānui me te pānga ki te taiao.

Kei roto hoki i ngā pūnaha whakaputa hiko ranu ngā otinga hinu-ranu, ngā otinga whatu-ranu, ngā otinga hiko-ranu, me ētahi atu. Hei tāpiri, he mea tito ngā whakaputa hiko ranu i tētahi miihini mura ā-roto tuku iho me tētahi motuka hiko, ā, he whānuitia te whakamahinga o tēnei momo pūnaha i roto i ngā motuka me ētahi atu waka.