Factorio Best Solar Panel Layout

Though in all honesty you probably aren t ready for solar panels yet if the cost bothers you.

Factorio best solar panel layout. Original poster 1 point 2 years ago. I leave a space to walk between. For each 5 solar panels you need 3 accumulators. So i felt like designing a solar layout because i d seen some talk about it recently.

Solar panels and accumulators optimal ratio. During daylight hours every panel provides the maximum power level 60kw. 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. You need 17 solar panels for each steam engine running at max capacity.

This so sums up factorio perfectionism and practicalism. This layout has 170 accumulators and 196 panels. Keep in mind that these numbers are approximate you may want to have a buffer for laser turrets if nothing else. 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.

There are either 5 36 extra accumulators or 6 38 missing solar panels. Overall this design has a continuous power rating excluding roboport drain of 8 232mw. Plop a sub station down and fill it with solar pannels. Generated power will increase decrease linearly during dusk and dawn and no power is produced at night.

Something to consider is that many people like replacing a solar panel with a radar in. I don t beleve in perfect ratios for solar. Just add as needed for each. 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.

The ideal ratio is 0 84 accumulators panel. Subreddit for the game factorio made by wube software. I took to my sandbox editor and threw together a basic design checked it for ratios and found it a perfect 84 accumulators and 100 solar panels. Or more precisely you need power consumption in w 30 kw solar panels.