Editing Guides/Power and Energy Costs (section)

===== Stationary Power =====
Unless noted this uses the cheapest available frame for each component size: {{IL|Building 1x1 (1S)}}, {{IL|Building 1x1 (1M)}}, and {{IL|Building 1x1 (1L)}}*

<sup>*There are some scenarios where {{IL|Building 2x1 (1M1S)}} can produce a cheaper/free S slot, although it doesn't have a huge effect as S slots are already cheap</sup>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
|
|{{IL|Miner}}-seconds
|Space
|{{IL|Metal Ore}}
|{{IL|Crystal Chunk}}
|{{IL|Silica Sand}}
|{{IL|Blight Crystal Chunk}}
|{{IL|Laterite ore}}
|Notes
|-
|{{IL|Crystal Power}}
|110
|0.67
|10.0
|10.0
|
|
|
|1
|-
|{{IL|Solar Cell}} +{{IL|Small Battery}} +{{IL|Building 1x1 (1S)}}
|773
|3.17
|65.7
|75.8
|
|
|
|2
|-
|{{IL|Solar Cell}} +{{IL|Small Battery}} +{{IL|Building 1x1 (2S)}}
|982
|1.58
|100.5
|75.8
|
|
|
|
|-
|{{IL|Solar Cell}} +{{IL|Small Battery}} + frameless
|504
|3.17
|34.0
|60.0
|
|
|
|3
|-
|{{IL|Solar Panel}} +{{IL|Large Battery}}
|1770
|0.40
|129.8
|97.9
|80.1
|2.2
|2.0
|
|-
|{{IL|Wind Turbine}}
|1103
|1.00
|128.0
|61.0
|5.0
|
|
|4
|-
|{{IL|Large Wind Turbine}}
|913
|0.25
|64.5
|42.8
|52.0
|
|
|4
|-
|{{IL|Power Unit}}
|749
|0.10
|40.0
|19.0
|31.5
|22.5
|40.0
|5
|-
|{{IL|Power Core}}
|2310
|0.10
|153.4
|110.5
|139.5
|
|
|
|-
|{{IL|Power Cell}}
|6938
|
|452.0
|526.0
|266.0
|
|
|
|-
|{{IL|Blight Power Generator}}
|73
|0.10
|7.2
|1.0
|
|2.5
|5.0
|6
|}
# Uses 1 crystal chunk (5 miner-seconds) per 100 power per 60 seconds. So after around 2.5 hours (of running near max power) it's less efficient than having built solar cells, and after around 7.5 hours it's less efficient than having built a power core.
# A cheap source of earlygame grid power
# Components require frames. However, it's common for the player to have free/cheap S slots such as the bots running the logistics network, so this is provided for reference
# If not running on a plateau double all costs. Requires battery backup during blight storms
# This is the only option with a significant Laser Extractor mining cost at 240 seconds, making it more comparable to expensive options like power cores than miner-seconds implies
# The current best stationary power source, although it requires dipping into three tech trees