Factorio solar panel

In other languages:. Solar panels are an unlimited source of free energy that produce no pollution.

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Factorio solar panel

Soon, I don't have to shoot a satelite to call for help. The reflection of the sunlight on my solar cells shines some lightyears in all directions. Half of my base consists of solar cells and accumulators. But I need hours alone to build the nessessary solar cells for a few expansions of my base. Did I miss a research? Yes, I have the power reduction modules in use. I am getting the feeling that it is not intended to keep a base running on solar power alone. I use solar panels alone boost production as fast as you can, then use bots and a blueprint to set up a sea of modular solar panels 8 on the edge of a tier 2 electric pole is what i use and a sea of accumulators a full block of them surrounding a substattion. You have so much space, it is no problem to build many solar panels and accus. If you don't build solar power, you need to spend huge amounts of time to find new coal and oil ressources. The main reason for using solar is to reduce your coal requirments which will quickly get out of hand otherwise, trains running all over the map trying to ferry enough of the the stuff etc. You definitely want optimal modular solar panel and accumulor array designs bluerinted and robots ready to build the things as and when needed. And a lot of space of course. Steam does work, but mostly for smaller factories and I use the term 'smaller' loosely Steam requires nearby water, and depending on the map settings, you may find it hard to expand steam to higher output as your factory grows. It's fine for lower MW demands but if your factory grows huge you will need a lot of steam engines and boilers, and a lot of coal or solid fuel.

Accumulators can be charged up with solar panels during the day to power the base at night.

In other languages:. Electricity has to be produced before it can be transferred to consumers over the electric system. There are multiple methods to produce electricity:. Each steam engine needs 0. One offshore pump can supply 20 boilers and 40 steam engines. The above ratio can be calculated from information available in-game: One boiler consumes 1. One steam engine consumes kW of energy stored in steam, so each boiler can supply 2 steam engines: 1.

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Factorio solar panel

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Views Read View source View history. Except that the ratio is the other way round : an accumulator provides less power during the night mean 40kw than a solar panel provides to the factory mean 42kw so, you must have more accumulator to balance that. Thanks My next task will be to create a new solar field blueprint that is optimized with this data. The energy produced during a day by the solar panel is the sum of the power outputed on each game tick and can be computed as the area of the trapezoid described by the solar panel power curve, represented in red below. Navigation menu Personal tools Log in Request account. Solars are expensive and take a lot of space to setup. I have only started to play this game a few days ago, and so am not familiar with what changes may have occurred recently. It's the same, but with the letters in the correct order. Hello, FPS help. There are multiple methods to produce electricity:. Stone furnace Steel furnace Electric furnace.

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This is what i will explain below. Offshore pump. In general, we build more solar panel than needed to ensure that at any moment, we can provide all the required power. It's the same, but with the letters in the correct order. If you see any flaws in my calculations let me know. One steam engine consumes kW of energy stored in steam, so each boiler can supply 2 steam engines: 1. We consider here an average power P needed. Post by Cilya » Fri Aug 29, pm. I decided to resolve the question of the ratio a bit more rationally. Otherwise, other sources of electricity production will have the priority on accumulators. Namespaces Page Discussion. Logistics Combat Intermediate products Technology Environment. Namespaces Page Discussion. Solaris Produce more than 10 GJ per hour using only solar panels. Recipe