Efficient Factorio Solar Panel Layout

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Three types of energy solutions fall into the category of renewable energy factorio solar panel layout energy hydro energy and wind energy solutions. However i sort of concede that it is possible however the alignment of solar panels in the manor you suggest would actually waste more space than gained. Even though this substation box design is more compact and has a higher space efficiency than this perf ratio 324 design the second design makes better use of both land and resources by being in the correct ratio. This cell has 16 solar panels and 12 acculminators so it s a bit low on the acculminators.

This is because it doesn t waste any space that is occupied by unnecessary solar panels. The substation in the middle has enough range to reach all of the acculminators and solar panels. 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. Here s the cell that i use.

Solar panels and accumulators optimal ratio. During daylight hours every panel provides the maximum power level 60kw. Solar panels are an unlimited source of free energy that produce no pollution. This means one solar panel produces an average of 42 kw over one day and night cycle.

However high space efficiency is not the best indicator of a good design. Your design isn t 100 space efficient and it doesn t use diagonally connected roboports.