The solar panels pull in enough power during one day to easily charge my accumulators with 8 9gj which is more than enough to fully run all aspects of my base even when it is operating at maximum capacity in both production and purple science research day and night.
New factorio solar panel layout 16.
Solar panels and accumulators optimal ratio.
Generated power will increase decrease linearly during dusk and dawn and no power is produced at night.
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This means one solar panel produces an average of 42 kw over one day and night cycle.
I m very new here and i just discovered that you only need a few solar panels to fully charge a huge network of accumulators.
I suppose you could try to make a new ideal setup to use fewer substations but i don t think it s worth it to save the cost of a substation or two.
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.
Solar panels are an unlimited source of free energy that produce no pollution.
What more do you want.
It is not necessary to start from there but if you do this is the playlist.
During daylight hours every panel provides the maximum power level 60kw.
Factorio is an awesome game about automation assembly and aliens.
Unlimited battery life weight of solar panels aug 29 2019 on average residential solar panels weigh 40 pounds each.