I would like to set up a set of solar panels for use in the daytime then another set that would be used at night.
Factorio solar panel accumulator setup.
Now connectible to the circuit network.
Here is a quite popular blueprintable design by madzuri.
Solar panels are an unlimited source of free energy that produce no pollution.
During the day the solar panels charge.
During daylight hours every panel provides the maximum power level 60kw.
Reduced collision box of big electric pole to allow squeezing between it and an accumulator.
Learn how to set up an s r latch that let s you use the energy stored in the accumulators instead of burning coal.
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.
The night time set would have the accumulators.
In general this is a technique which works well when you ve just researched accumulators and solar panels but don t have enough resources to build big solar farms and accumulator farms yet.
The optimal ratio is 0 84 thus a more ideal setup would be 21 accumulators to 25 solar panels.
Looks like 912 accumulators to 16 solar panels which is a 0 560 75 ratio.
This means one solar panel produces an average of 42 kw over one day and night cycle.
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.
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.
I am new to factorio.
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Solar panels and accumulators optimal ratio.
Generated power will increase decrease linearly during dusk and dawn and no power is produced at night.
I had found that a ratio of 1 2 to 1 5 accumulators per solar panel worked out perfectly fine.
