The ratios posted result in more solar panels then are needed to power factory and charge accumulators i had posted this in a topic on the steam forum a week ago when somebody was asking about solar panels and another person brought up the 0 8 1 ratio.
Factorio accumulator solar panel setup.
The accumulator stores a limited amount of energy when available production exceeds demand and releases it in the opposite case.
The 100 solar panels to 84 accumulators ratio is the best way to go as long as you have relatively constant power consumption and you don t want to build more than you really need.
Solar panels and accumulators optimal ratio.
The accumulator can store up to 5 mj of energy.
I would like to set up a set of solar panels for use in the daytime then another set that would be used at night.
I am new to factorio.
Here is a quite popular blueprintable design by madzuri.
Looks like 912 accumulators to 16 solar panels which is a 0 560 75 ratio.
Solar panels are an unlimited source of free energy that produce no pollution.
This means one solar panel produces an average of 42 kw over one day and night cycle.
If connected to a circuit network an accumulator will output its level of charge as an integer from 0 to 100 to a specified signal.
Again accumulators are 2 to 3 times better in terms of material costs.
The night time set would have the accumulators.
How many solar panels does it take to charge an accumulator in 1 day.
The same amount that can sustain your factory should be able to recharge easilly during daytime.
You can always sacrifice a bit of the optimal ratio for a cleaner design but you should stay in the area of 0 8 0 9.
Generated power will increase decrease linearly during dusk and dawn and no power is produced at night.
4 000 accumulators would need 4 000 5 20 000 additional solar panels to charge at full 300 kw speed but luckily we have 200 full daylight seconds to recharge so you ll do with a lot less.
I had found that a ratio of 1 2 to 1 5 accumulators per solar panel worked out perfectly fine.
Its maximum charge discharge rate is 300 kw.
The optimal ratio is 0 84 thus a more ideal setup would be 21 accumulators to 25 solar panels.
