In general this is a technique which works well when you ve just researched accumulators and solar panels but don t have enough resources to build big solar farms and accumulator farms yet.
Factorio solar panel buid.
Using roboports to build the solar far is very convenient but if roboports on 0 12 use 2mw on idle that s equal to 33 solar panels.
4 thermal solar panels that produce heat instead of energy.
3 heat storages based on molten salt technology.
Two more tiers of solar panels and accumulators.
Batteries are also used for defense as they are needed to make laser turrets which is the only turret that uses electricity instead of ammunition in item or fluid form.
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.
Now connectible to the circuit network.
Solar panels are an unlimited source of free energy that produce no pollution.
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3 new basic heat exchangers for mid game not intended for nuclear power use a cheaper thermal conduit for early game.
10 1 000 000 10000000 to get the kw hours 10000000 60 60 2777 7777777777777777777777777778 to get kw seconds 2777 7777777777777777777777777778 60 46 29629 as a solar panel produces 60 kw.
If roboports on 0 13 use 5mw on idle that s equal to 83 solar panels.
Based on advanced electric mod but toned down.
As you ve shown solar panel is active for t1 t3 0 5 0 2 0 7 of the day.
Furthermore batteries are a crucial component of powering a factory using solar power because of their use in crafting accumulators.
This means one solar panel produces an average of 42 kw over one day and night cycle.
Redid graphics and technology structure and costs.
Suddenly 30 of your solar build is needed to power the roboport in the middle.
Reduced collision box of big electric pole to allow squeezing between it and an accumulator.
To calculate the number of panels to get 10 gw hours are is follows.
During daylight hours every panel provides the maximum power level 60kw.
1 salt evaporation pond to create salt for heat storages.
Generated power will increase decrease linearly during dusk and dawn and no power is produced at night.
3 new steam turbines for mid game.
Which means that solar panel is effective 70 of the time or you could say that solar panel produces 42kw of power on average.
First tier is 5x power second tier 5x the first.
Factorio is an enormous game with lots to learn before you can create a colossal factory but there are lots of little tips and techniques you can employ to help speed up your progress and get you started on the right foot.