Factorio Solar Farm Layout

Accumulators can store output energy 5 times faster than solar panels can supply so if you ve got about three times more solar panels than you need energy.

Factorio solar farm layout.

I like to go for a 1 1 ratio of accumulators to solar panels. Used to have a 50x50 design that had 166 of each and just recently switched to this 48x48 design. 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 solar ratio is 0 842 with 812 accumulators and 964 solar panels.

Just add as needed for each. Solar panels and accumulators optimal ratio. During daylight hours every panel provides the maximum power level 60kw. Though in all honesty you probably aren t ready for solar panels yet if the cost bothers you.

That chart is hella useful but i m curious how materials compare between those setups for very large arrays over areas as big as 1000x1000 or 10 000x10 000. Keep in mind that these numbers are approximate you may want to have a buffer for laser turrets if nothing else. Generated power will increase decrease linearly during dusk and dawn and no power is produced at night. Plop a sub station down and fill it with solar pannels.

My solar farm is only a solar farm. Solar panels are an unlimited source of free energy that produce no pollution. You need 17 solar panels for each steam engine running at max capacity. For each 5 solar panels you need 3 accumulators.

Or more precisely you need power consumption in w 30 kw solar panels. My only critique would be that your setup seems to have 6 panels per 1 power pole vs my design which uses 8 solar panels per 1 power pole. I leave a space to walk between. So i ve developed a new solar farm layout because i was sick of just using everybody else s.

I don t beleve in perfect ratios for solar. You should never run into issues. This so sums up factorio perfectionism and practicalism. 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.

Not including the roboport and substations only 16 tiles go unused.