Best Solar Panel Setup Factorio

There are either 5 36 extra accumulators or 6 38 missing solar panels.

Best solar panel setup factorio. During daylight hours every panel provides the maximum power level 60kw. Solar panels are an unlimited source of free energy that produce no pollution. Though in all honesty you probably aren t ready for solar panels yet if the cost bothers you. Overall this design has a continuous power rating excluding roboport drain of 8 232mw.

Looks like 912 accumulators to 16 solar panels which is a 0 560 75 ratio. 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. Generated power will increase decrease linearly during dusk and dawn and no power is produced at night. Keep in mind that these numbers are approximate you may want to have a buffer for laser turrets if nothing else.

You need 17 solar panels for each steam engine running at max capacity. Or more precisely you need power consumption in w 30 kw solar panels. The ideal ratio is 0 84 accumulators panel. As for which to actually pick i d say it s up to your preference cilya s design with accumulators instead of a roboport is the only one with perfect 0 86 ratio among popular designs used by factorio players.

This layout has 170 accumulators and 196 panels. Here is a quite popular blueprintable design by madzuri.