Redid graphics and technology structure and costs.
Factorio solar panels to accumulators.
The solar panels like the steam engines are no longer relied upon to power the factory.
This means one solar panel produces an average of 42 kw over one day and night cycle.
First tier is 5x power second tier 5x the first.
0 15 0 18 downloaded.
How many solar panels does it take to charge an accumulator in 1 day.
4 000 accumulators would need 4 000 5 20 000 additional solar panels to charge at full 300 kw speed but luckily we have 200 full daylight seconds to recharge so you ll do.
Lastly there has to be a surplus of solar power to recharge those accumulators during day.
Solar panels and accumulators optimal ratio.
During daylight hours every panel provides the maximum power level 60kw.
The night time set would have the accumulators.
Solar panels use more than twice the amount of space than accumulators.
Even if you consider 10 oil being worth 1 copper or iron ore personally i consider oil free like water since it is.
The ratios posted result in more solar panels then are needed to power factory and charge accumulators i had posted this in a topic on the steam forum a week ago when somebody was asking about solar panels and another person brought up the 0 8 1 ratio.
I would like to set up a set of solar panels for use in the daytime then another set that would be used at night.
Generated power will increase decrease linearly during dusk and dawn and no power is produced at night.
Solar panels are an unlimited source of free energy that produce no pollution.
I had found that a ratio of 1 2 to 1 5 accumulators per solar panel worked out perfectly fine.
Based on advanced electric mod but toned down.
There is no way we will save more than two accumulators with each additional solar panel.
Essentially you are saying only deliver power to these systems if i have enough to spare and even then don t exceed this delivery rate.
The accumulators are used to absorb spikes in power requirements such as large scale attacks like when the outposts get a boost to artillery range.
The optimal ratio is 0 84 21 25 accumulators per solar panel and 23 8 solar panels per megawatt required by your factory this ratio accounts for solar panels needed to charge the accumulators this means that you need 1 428 mw of production of solar panels and 100mj of storage to provide 1 mw of power over one day night cycle.
The role of the accumulators changes to indicate when i need to feed the reactors.
Two more tiers of solar panels and accumulators.
I am new to factorio.