Solar panels i ve been doing challenge maps lately ice sheet extreme cassandra permadeath and i ve had a lot of failures.
Rimworld solar panel vs gennerator.
During the night the batteries discharge at 2kw for 1 3 of a day losing 700kwd.
They also don t block wind turbines.
Geothermal must be placed on geysers but works at full strength 24 7 unless a solar flare hits.
Which one is better.
Both have pros and cons and it s better to use both and have lots of batteries.
Fueled generator generates hardly any power but at least they do so for 3 days straight and solar panels can power a crapload during the day.
The solar panels generate 5 1kw during the day that s 2kw to the grid and 3 1kw to battery charging so about 1 5kw charging batteries have 50 efficiency over 2 3 of a day in rimworld days on average are twice as long as nights or 1kwd of power.
Solar panels pretty much can be counted on to give power every day and i think it gives more energy as well but eclipses and bad weather makes it a rather unsteady power source.
It can be placed in a wind turbine s exclusion zone with no effect on the turbine.
Also they don t consume anything.
Both need batteries to ensure 24 7 power demands met.
Sometimes it s hard to source enough wood for the generators.
It can be placed in a wind turbine s exclusion zone with no effect on the turbine.
Solar energy is in some ways not as reliable as generators if you don t take the mechanical failure of a generator into account.
A solar generator provides up to 1700w of power from sunlight.
It has much smaller space requirements than a wind turbine but provides no power at night or during an eclipse.
Solar makes a bit less but you can place them infront of and behind wind turbines.
Generators are able to provide their rated power continuously however the power produced by solar panels is heavily dependent on the weather and where the van is parked ding said.
It has much smaller space requirements than a wind turbine but provides no power at night or during an eclipse.
