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Empyrion using solar panels.
This is a survival game speed costs and kills and it s efficient.
So if your panels are enough you won t use any fuel.
Solar capacitors will always prioritize using solar energy before burning fuel.
This means in order to make a base sustainable you re looking at a maximum of 300kw of consumption.
As such it.
For more power add more panels or replace your small.
Generators do still need a fuel tank and battery power overflow does not get stored as fuel.
You can combine solar and generators and the solar gets used first.
Solar panel blocks are blocks used as an alternate source of power.
In addition any generators present in the base will not consume fuel as long as there is ample solar energy stored in capacitors to meet the base s power needs.
Empyrion galactic survival.
Having a backup generator is probably a good idea.
It must be paired with the capacitor solar to store the energy absorbed by the blocks.
So if you have too many devices turned on your batteries capacitors will never charge.
Solar panels have both sloped and horizontal varieties to enable more efficient.
You would always be running off of the generators and fuel.
The best way to make use of solar energy is to set up device grouping in the control panel.
It is not the other way around.
As a guide each panel can produce 50 60kw of power so you can produce up to about 1mw of power.
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Solar panels get power from the sun during the day and store their excess in the solar capacitor for when the panel isn t producing power.
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.
Solar energy setups can be complicated and require some thought to become truly efficient.
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In this game if you try to use solar that is used first before power in the base.
If there are generators present the base will draw power from the capacitor s before using the generator s.
Use some solar panels and a solar capacitor.