I like to go for a 1 1 ratio of accumulators to solar panels.
Factorio solar farm layout.
During daylight hours every panel provides the maximum power level 60kw.
This means one solar panel produces an average of 42 kw over one day and night cycle.
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.
Plop a sub station down and fill it with solar pannels.
So i ve developed a new solar farm layout because i was sick of just using everybody else s.
My solar farm is only a solar farm.
Or more precisely you need power consumption in w 30 kw solar panels.
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.
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.
The solar ratio is 0 842 with 812 accumulators and 964 solar panels.
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.
Used to have a 50x50 design that had 166 of each and just recently switched to this 48x48 design.
Solar panels and accumulators optimal ratio.
For each 5 solar panels you need 3 accumulators.
Generated power will increase decrease linearly during dusk and dawn and no power is produced at night.
Keep in mind that these numbers are approximate you may want to have a buffer for laser turrets if nothing else.
Though in all honesty you probably aren t ready for solar panels yet if the cost bothers you.
You should never run into issues.
Not including the roboport and substations only 16 tiles go unused.
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.
This so sums up factorio perfectionism and practicalism.
The layout uses the entire area of the roboport and has nearly no wasted space.
Just add as needed for each.
This tutorial covers solar panel arrangements to use at various stages of the game including the building of the massive ratio perfect array from this foru.
