In factorio v0 15 the range of substations was increased.
Efficient solar panel setup 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.
By now we all know that you want a ratio of 0 84 accumulators to 1 solar panel in order to power your factory all day and night with the least number of solar panels.
This layout has 170 accumulators and 196 panels.
You need about 0 85 as many accumulators as solar panels for a pure solar setup.
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.
Overall this design has a continuous power rating excluding roboport drain of 8 232mw.
Filling devices with efficiency modules is recommended for electric furnaces as these use a lot of power.
This means one solar panel produces an average of 42 kw over one day and night cycle.
During daylight hours every panel provides the maximum power level 60kw.
I m using 0 13 20 and according to my tests 1 solar panel will charge about 3 5 accumulators in one day light cycle.
You can always sacrifice a bit of the optimal ratio for a cleaner design but you should stay in the area of 0 8 0 9.
Looks like 912 accumulators to 16 solar panels which is a 0 560 75 ratio.
Solar panels are an unlimited source of free energy that produce no pollution.
Actually there seems to be a discrepancy somewhere in that data.
Here is a quite popular blueprintable design by madzuri.
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.
All of the examples here still work just fine but there are now better designs out there.
There are either 5 36 extra accumulators or 6 38 missing solar panels.
Generated power will increase decrease linearly during dusk and dawn and no power is produced at night.
Though in all honesty you probably aren t ready for solar panels yet if the cost bothers you.
The ideal ratio is 0 84 accumulators panel.
Note that making higher level efficiency modules are not worth it in terms of power saved vs materials used to build a solar panel setup with same power output so the only incentive is to further reduce pollution or space utilization.
