Solar Panel

Solar Panel
Solar Panel that generates <hl>300</> power throughout the day and <hl>100</> during the night, with increased output during summer. Lua ID c_solar_panel Size Medium Power 100 Solar Power 200 Affected By Events yes

Recipe

High-Density Frame	IC Chip	Refined Crystal		Solar Panel
5	1	5

Produced by

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Required Technology

Power Storage

Optimal Ratios

Solar components generate full power during the day and reduced power at night. Thus they need to be complemented with energy storage such as batteries. We can calculate how much energy we need if we know how much daylight power we need to replace at night and how long the night lasts. Night lasts from 21:30 to 2:20, or 0.2 of the day, and days are 500, 1000, or 1500 seconds respectively depending on whether the day length has been set to Short, Normal, or Long. So the corresponding number of batteries is:

solar_power_generated * 0.8 * 0.2 * day_period / power_storage

day_period	Capacitor	Small Battery	Medium Battery	Large Battery
Short	8	1.06	0.32	0.08
Normal	16	2.13	0.64	0.16
Long	24	3.2	0.96	0.24

Tips

• All power sources relying on batteries suffer from the fact that power transmitters can't run on battery power. Power Transmitters need to be put on a separate grid or they'll shut down when the base switches to battery power at night.