Factorio Best Square Solar Panel Layout

The ideal ratio is 0 84 accumulators panel.

Factorio best square solar panel layout.

Plop a sub station down and fill it with solar pannels. This is because it doesn t waste any space that is occupied by unnecessary solar panels. Solar panels are an unlimited source of free energy that produce no pollution. The build has the perfect ratio of solar panels to accumulators is nearly symmetrical and tilable.

I almost always exclusively use cilya s design on all of my playthrough s and i still couldn t find a better setup for solar panels after all this time. I don t beleve in perfect ratios for solar. Keep in mind that these numbers are approximate you may want to have a buffer for laser turrets if nothing else. Overall this design has a continuous power rating excluding roboport drain of 8 232mw.

It has 0 84 accumulator panel ratio which is as close as you can get with a perfect square shaped design with proper power lines. For several reasons. 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. Note your roboports will be closer together here which isn t necessarily a bad thing depending on your base.

This factorio 0 15 workshop covers a solar layout design by zarklord. Solar panels and accumulators optimal ratio. I leave a space to walk between. 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. Just add as needed for each. However high space efficiency is not the best indicator of a good design. You need 17 solar panels for each steam engine running at max capacity.

This means one solar panel produces an average of 42 kw over one day and night cycle. Or more precisely you need power consumption in w 30 kw solar panels. Something to consider is that many people like replacing a solar panel with a radar in. Generated power will increase decrease linearly during dusk and dawn and no power is produced at night.

Haven t seen this design posted anywhere so here is yet another 0 15 solar panel layout this solar panel layout has a roboport only uses 4 substations has the exact 0 84 ratio 84 accumulators 100 solar panels and is symettrical. This layout has 170 accumulators and 196 panels.