Something to consider is that many people like replacing a solar panel with a radar in.
Factorio best solar panel layout.
There are either 5 36 extra accumulators or 6 38 missing solar panels.
I don t beleve in perfect ratios for solar.
For each 5 solar panels you need 3 accumulators.
Solar panels are an unlimited source of free energy that produce no pollution.
You need 17 solar panels for each steam engine running at max capacity.
Just add as needed for each.
Remember if you don t have enough solar panels things simply don t run as fast but if you don t have enough capacitors your entire base will shut down at night which can and will kill you in the right circumstances.
Or more precisely you need power consumption in w 30 kw solar panels.
This tutorial covers solar panel arrangements to use at various stages of the game including the building of the massive ratio perfect array from this foru.
Though in all honesty you probably aren t ready for solar panels yet if the cost bothers you.
This so sums up factorio perfectionism and practicalism.
Plop a sub station down and fill it with solar pannels.
Overall this design has a continuous power rating excluding roboport drain of 8 232mw.
This means one solar panel produces an average of 42 kw over one day and night cycle.
Also there are more capacitors than panels because capacitors are far more important.
Keep in mind that these numbers are approximate you may want to have a buffer for laser turrets if nothing else.
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.
Note your roboports will be closer together here which isn t necessarily a bad thing depending on your base.
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.
During daylight hours every panel provides the maximum power level 60kw.
I leave a space to walk between.
The ideal ratio is 0 84 accumulators panel.
