Efficient Solar Panels Factorio

Mk1 a mark one is just a bunch of poles with y know solar panels mixed in madzuri nov 2016 mk2 focuses on ratios mk3 uses roboports to construct the tile mk4 uses a diagonal spacing to reduce roboports and ups mk5 makes use of most if not all of the radar range.

Efficient solar panels factorio. At the moment i m using solar in a fuel saving capacity. Solar panel efficiency is a measure of how much sunlight that hits the surface area of a solar panel is converted into usable electricity. Solar panels are an unlimited source of free energy that produce no pollution. This means one solar panel produces an average of 42 kw over one day and night cycle.

13 days ago 0 16 1 0 36868. I ve tried to make the most use of empty space by putting panels and accumulators everywhere. Solar panels and accumulators optimal ratio. So if a solar panel has an efficiency rating of 15 that means 15 of the sunlight that hits the solar panels will be converted into electricity.

Main reason i don t like solar is the amount of space it takes. 2628 accumulators 3118 solar panels 0 8428. 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. Very close to the ideal of 0 84.

So almost 99 and an accumulator to solar panel ratio of 0 84009. During daylight hours every panel provides the maximum power level 60kw. 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. You can get great efficiency with solar panels and capacitors especially using roboports and blueprints.

Makes space efficient solar farms viable and reduces the hassle to place as many panels. Here s what it looks like and here s what an array of 32 of them look like together. 14 substations 373 accumulators and 444 solar panels. It s large scale but it s a great way to ramp up your energy potential.

Default production multiplier 10 100 1000. If you d like i ve got a symmetrical design here i worked on awhile ago. Feb 3 2017 8 44am 11. Adds higher tiers of solar panels and accumulators.

As you can see i rotated half of them to make it symmetrical. For the record solar panels provide 42kw on average so you need power consumption 42kw solar panels approximately 40 extra not 100 and enough accumulators to store the excess power consumption 42kw 0 84 last edited by alexmbrennan. Massive fields of blue and grey squares at the fringes of your base.