Solar PVT panels that look like architecture
Beautiful and efficient. Finally both.
Most solar panels are an eyesore you tolerate. Ours are designed to be part of the architecture, generating electricity and heat from one aesthetic surface.
Made to be seen.
The fluid moves visibly beneath the surface, a calm water wall in your building's colour.
Two energies, one panel.
The current prototype delivers 300 W of electricity and 1000 W of heat — from a single panel.
What if solar panels looked like they belonged?
Direct Beam Technology designs modular solar panels as sleek architectural surfaces, generating both electricity and heat from a single unit. Born in Bergen, Norway, and backed by patented research, we're bringing design-forward clean energy to homes, hotels, and public spaces worldwide.
The Direct Beam standard
Each module pairs peer-reviewed research with patented design, built to deliver electricity and heat from one surface.
2-in-1
Power and heat
One module produces 300 W of electricity and 1000 W of usable heat at the same time.
700€
Per module
Straightforward pricing for a design-forward energy surface.
15 years
Of research behind it
Patented technology developed in a Norwegian scientific laboratory.
Your colour
A living surface
The fluid moves visibly beneath the surface — a calm, ambient water wall, in a colour that matches your building.
From the science lab to your rooftop
Dr. Boris Balakin, Founder and CEO
Professor & Inventor
Direct Beam is led by Dr. Boris Balakin, professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and inventor of the technology. His research on direct-absorption solar collectors began in 2011 and forms the foundation of every Direct Beam panel. The company is supported by Innovation Norge, the Research Council of Norway, and VIS Innovation.
Reserve your modular solar panel for free
Put your name on a unit ahead of production. No payment now, no binding, just your interest and property type.