Solar Panel Efficiency Factorio

Used to have a 50x50 design that had 166 of each and just recently switched to this 48x48 design.

Solar panel efficiency factorio.

Feb 3 2017 8 44am 11. If a solar panel has 20 percent efficiency that means it s capable of converting 20 percent of the sunshine hitting it into electricity. 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. You should never run into issues.

Overall this design has a continuous power rating excluding roboport drain of 8 232mw. 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. The highest efficiency solar panels on the market today can reach almost 23 percent efficiency. It has a space efficiency space taken up by panels and accumulators of 0 9898.

Here s a link to the blueprint string. There are either 5 36 extra accumulators or 6 38 missing solar panels. This layout has 170 accumulators and 196 panels. It takes 23 8 solar panels to operate 1 mw of factory and charge 20 accumulators to sustain that 1 mw through the night.

Very close to the ideal of 0 84. The ideal ratio is 0 84 accumulators panel. The average efficiency of solar panels falls between the 17 to 19 percent efficiency range. A single solar panel outputs an average of 42 kw over a day and requires 0 84 accumulators to sustain a constant power output through the night.

So almost 99 and an accumulator to solar panel ratio of 0 84009. It gives the radar full power all but a short time in the morning but never dips below the 20 power threshold for nearby scanning. I like to go for a 1 1 ratio of accumulators to solar panels. 14 substations 373 accumulators and 444 solar panels.

Seven solar panels and five accumulators is the most efficient.