Factorio battery blueprint how to#

In space there is no day/night cycle, so there is no need to calculate ratios or average outputs, as panels will have a constant output and won't need to supply power to accumulators for the night.

Take the day/night cycle length and divide it by the efficiency.

To generate 4.2 MW, Nauvis requires 100 solar panels and 84 accumulators, while Efficient requires 83.33 panels and 108.33 accumulators. Planet Efficient from the previous examples is actually slightly worse than Nauvis despite the higher efficiency. However, what if both characteristics are very different or very similar?Įfficiency at first might seem the most important trait, because with more power, the less items one needs, however if the day/night cycle is long enough, the accumulators might actually make things more expensive. Given the same efficiency or similar day/night cycle, it's easy to tell which planet is better for solar. Having 120% efficiency, our average output for a vanilla panel would be:ĪveragePanelOutput = 60 kW * 0.7 * (120 / 100) = 50.4 kW Comparing Planets The 0.7 constant is applied like in the vanilla game, as the equivalent time of a panel operating at average output is always 70% of a day cycle. The high efficiency make it so that we need a smaller number of panels to power the base, but the very long day/night cycle requires many more accumulators to store the charge necessary to last the night.Ĭalculating the Average Panel Output ĪveragePanelOutput = MaxPanelOutput * 0.7 * (Efficiency / 100) So when on planet Efficient's surface, we'd have to place roughly 13 accumulators every 10 solar panels. If we want to know the ratio of vanilla accumulators per vanilla panels, we have: The planet Efficient has 120% solar efficiency and 9 minutes day/night cycle. Which, if using the vanilla panels and accumulators, can be further simplified into this: R = 0.168 * (MaxPanelOutput kW / AccumulatorCapacity kJ) * CycleDuration s * (Efficiency / 100) Solar Power on Planet Surfaces Calculating the Accumulator/Panel Ratio Note: Nauvis always has 100% efficiency and the vanilla day/night cycle duration. On top of that, harnessing solar energy in space is easier to manage: space surfaces do not have nights, and always have 50% brightness, so instead of generating a variable amount of power depending on the time of the day, they will always generate a constant output. Space Exploration not only adds additional solar panels and accumulators, but makes use of the game engine to give uniqueness to every location in game.Įach surface has its own characteristics, and there are two that are relevant to solar power: day/night cycle duration, and solar efficiency.

Factorio battery blueprint how to#

However, once you leave Nauvis, it is not immediately obvious what the generated power will be and how to set up structures to meet your needs. Powering your structures with solar panels is something very common in Space Exploration.