Empyrion Solar Panels In Space

All lights on them are full which means they are getting power.

Empyrion solar panels in space.

Let s talk about energy efficiency. As a guide each panel can produce 50 60kw of power so you can produce up to about 1mw of power. If you read nothing else. Is there an edit to the game options i can select or add manually to increase or remove this limit on my server.

I have a base on the planet that generates 1 5mw on solar but my platform in space only generates 572kw. As such it. Solar panels are supposed to be more effective near the equator of a planet than at the poles. Which really doesn t make sense considering the platform is not only facing the sun 24x7 but is closer to the sun about even with the planet s equator but out towards its asteroid belt.

And 2 or even 4 small solar panels isn t enough. So if your solar output is not more than your consumption your batteries will never charge. Empyrion galactic survival. This just seems off to me.

The capacitor for the station is turned on but the station is not getting any power from the panels. The best way to make use of solar energy is to set up device grouping in the control panel. Generally love thy survival constructor. The yellow indicators indicate the current output of the panel again with 4 being the highest.

There are no infinite sources in empyrion other than the trusty survival constructor and water so not dying and spending most of your time not just mining is pretty much about using energy efficiently. I fully understand the need to limit this in full survival mode game but the server i run for my friends and i is a world i edit and tinker with and we d like to build some truely massive stuff including things like solar farms. Solar panels work in space just fine. Solar energy setups can be complicated and require some thought to become truly efficient.

The green indicators indicate the efficiency maximum output of the panel with 4 green indicators being the best. Solar capacitors will always prioritize using solar energy before burning fuel. Solar is used first then generator power. Do they not work in space or am i doing it wrong.

The further out you get in au from the sun the less efficient they are until the point it seems like they don t even work. 15 solar panels isn t exactly massive heh in fact. I have a space station with 15 solar panels facing the sun. This means in order to make a base sustainable you re looking at a maximum of 300kw of consumption.

Is solar power in space supposed to suck.