Solar Panel - Revision history

EpicWalloper27: Added a summary and a "usage" section with details.

2024-11-04T20:19:22Z

Added a summary and a "usage" section with details.

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	==Summary==		==Summary==
			'''Solar panels''' are a simple, effective, low-tech way of generating power in Dyson Sphere Program. They generate electricity when exposed to sunlight. Exact generation depends on the planet's solar energy ratio. The total energy generation of a solar panel over the course of a day depends on its location on the planet's surface and the local season.
	Directly generate electricity using sunlight, and the actual generation capacity is related to the planet's solar energy ratio. Not working at night, use accumulators can store excess energy during the day.

			==Usage==
			Solar panels can be effectively paired with [[Accumulator\|accumulators]] to keep the lights on overnight. Alternatively, many solar panels could be dispersed around the planet's surface (or wrapped in one continuous equatorial solar belt) to provide constant power without the need for energy storage.

			It is important to keep in mind that, when accumulators are used, enough power must be generated not only to operate your facilities during the day time, but to store enough charge to operate them over the course of the night. One accumulator can draw a maximum of 1.5 MW from the grid to charge, and can hold up to 540 MJ (a limit which will usually not be reached on most planets during day time, since this would require 360 seconds of continuous sunlight); and discharge up to 2.25 MW. This means that each accumulator requires 5 solar panels (assuming 100% solar energy ratio) to attain max charge rate; so 10 solar panels are required to both charge an accumulator and power the portion of the factory that that accumulator will be powering during night time (assuming that the solar panels operate exactly 50% of the time).
	==Production Chain==		==Production Chain==
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	==Player Tips & Tricks==		==Player Tips & Tricks==
	- You can place your solar panels in a ring around the equator of a planet, if you want a consistent power supply without using any [[Accumulator\|Accumulators]].

	- You can place your solar panels on and near both poles of a planet. This has two advantages compared to placing them near/around the equator: 1) each panel typically produces 30-80% more energy per planetary day because they will always be getting sunlight, even when the sun is at its farthest away point, and 2) it is possible to get a consistent supply of power with as few panels as desired, compared to placing them around the equator, which forces the player to evenly place panels around the entire equator. It should be noted that, the higher the axial inclination of the planet, the more energy a panel near the pole of the "Summer Zone" will produce per day compared to a panel near the pole of the "Winter Zone". However, the further away the panel is from the pole, the less this effect is visible.		- You can place your solar panels on and near both poles of a planet. This has two advantages compared to placing them near/around the equator: 1) each panel typically produces 30-80% more energy per planetary day because they will always be getting sunlight, even when the sun is at its farthest away point, and 2) it is possible to get a consistent supply of power with as few panels as desired, compared to placing them around the equator, which forces the player to evenly place panels around the entire equator. It should be noted that, the higher the axial inclination of the planet, the more energy a panel near the pole of the "Summer Zone" will produce per day compared to a panel near the pole of the "Winter Zone". However, the further away the panel is from the pole, the less this effect is visible.

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	- You can place your solar panels in a ring around the equator of a planet, if you want a consistent power supply without using any [[Accumulator\|Accumulators]].		- You can place your solar panels in a ring around the equator of a planet, if you want a consistent power supply without using any [[Accumulator\|Accumulators]].

	- You can place your solar panels on and near both poles of a planet. This ~~had~~ two advantages compared to placing them near/around the equator: 1) each panel typically produces 30-80% more energy per planetary day because they will always be getting sunlight, even when the sun is at its farthest away point, and 2) it is possible to get a consistent supply of power with as few panels as desired, compared to placing them around the equator, which forces to evenly place panels around the entire equator. It should be noted that, the higher the axial inclination of the planet, the more energy a panel near the pole of the "Summer Zone" will produce per day compared to a panel near the pole of the "Winter Zone". However, the further away the panel is from the pole, the less this effect is visible.		- You can place your solar panels on and near both poles of a planet. This has two advantages compared to placing them near/around the equator: 1) each panel typically produces 30-80% more energy per planetary day because they will always be getting sunlight, even when the sun is at its farthest away point, and 2) it is possible to get a consistent supply of power with as few panels as desired, compared to placing them around the equator, which forces the player to evenly place panels around the entire equator. It should be noted that, the higher the axial inclination of the planet, the more energy a panel near the pole of the "Summer Zone" will produce per day compared to a panel near the pole of the "Winter Zone". However, the further away the panel is from the pole, the less this effect is visible.

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Player Tips & Tricks

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	\|~~12x~~ [[File:Icon_Silicon_Ore.png\|link=Silicon_Ore]]		\|20x [[File:Icon_Silicon_Ore.png\|link=Silicon_Ore]]
	\|[[File:Icon_High-Purity_Silicon.png\|link=High-Purity_Silicon]]		\|[[File:Icon_High-Purity_Silicon.png\|link=High-Purity_Silicon]]
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imported>76561198031627803: /* Production Chain */ Solar Panel production time 6s

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Production Chain: Solar Panel production time 6s

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	\|In1=Copper Ingot		\|In1=Copper Ingot
	\|In1Qty=10		\|In1Qty=10

imported>76561197977083092: /* Production Chain */ Update to 0.7.18.7178

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Production Chain: Update to 0.7.18.7178

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	\|In2=High-Purity Silicon		\|In2=High-Purity Silicon
	\|In2Qty=6		\|In2Qty=10
	\|In3=Circuit Board		\|In3=Circuit Board
	\|In3Qty=4		\|In3Qty=5
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	- You can place your solar panels on and near both poles of a planet. This had two advantages compared to placing them near/around the equator: 1) each panel typically produces 30-80% more energy per planetary day because they will always be getting sunlight, even when the sun is at its farthest away point, and 2) it is possible to get a consistent supply of power with as few panels as desired, compared to placing them around the equator, which forces to evenly place panels around the entire equator. It should be noted that, the higher the axial inclination of the planet, the more energy a panel near the pole of the "Summer Zone" will produce per day compared to a panel near the pole of the "Winter Zone". However, the further away the panel is from the pole, the less this effect is visible.		- You can place your solar panels on and near both poles of a planet. This had two advantages compared to placing them near/around the equator: 1) each panel typically produces 30-80% more energy per planetary day because they will always be getting sunlight, even when the sun is at its farthest away point, and 2) it is possible to get a consistent supply of power with as few panels as desired, compared to placing them around the equator, which forces to evenly place panels around the entire equator. It should be noted that, the higher the axial inclination of the planet, the more energy a panel near the pole of the "Summer Zone" will produce per day compared to a panel near the pole of the "Winter Zone". However, the further away the panel is from the pole, the less this effect is visible.


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	- You can place your solar panels in a ring around the equator of a planet, if you want a consistent power supply without using any [[Accumulator\|Accumulators]].		- You can place your solar panels in a ring around the equator of a planet, if you want a consistent power supply without using any [[Accumulator\|Accumulators]].

	- You can place your solar panels on and near both poles of a planet. This had two advantages compared to placing them near/around the equator: 1) each ~~one~~ typically produces 30-80% more energy per planetary day because they will always be getting sunlight, even when the sun is at its farthest away point, and 2) it is possible to get a consistent supply of power with as few ~~pannel~~ as desired, compared to placing them around the equator, which forces to place panels around the entire equator. It should be noted that, the higher the axial inclination of the planet, the more energy a ~~pannel~~ near the pole of the "Summer Zone" will produce per day compared to a ~~pannel~~ near the "Winter Zone". However, the further away the ~~pannel~~ is from the pole, the less this ~~has~~ an ~~effect~~.		- You can place your solar panels on and near both poles of a planet. This had two advantages compared to placing them near/around the equator: 1) each panel typically produces 30-80% more energy per planetary day because they will always be getting sunlight, even when the sun is at its farthest away point, and 2) it is possible to get a consistent supply of power with as few panels as desired, compared to placing them around the equator, which forces to evenly place panels around the entire equator. It should be noted that, the higher the axial inclination of the planet, the more energy a panel near the pole of the "Summer Zone" will produce per day compared to a panel near the pole of the "Winter Zone". However, the further away the panel is from the pole, the less this effect is visible.

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	- You can place your solar panels in a ring around the equator of a planet, if you want a consistent power supply without using any [[Accumulator\|Accumulators]].		- You can place your solar panels in a ring around the equator of a planet, if you want a consistent power supply without using any [[Accumulator\|Accumulators]].

	- You can place your solar panels at or near both poles of a planet to ~~produce~~ ~~more~~ ~~power out of each one~~ (compared to placing them near the equator), ~~because~~ ~~the~~ ~~majority~~ of ~~the~~ ~~time~~ they will be ~~outputing~~ ~~more~~ ~~than~~ ~~50%~~ of the ~~maximum~~ ~~solar~~ ~~power~~ ~~available~~ ~~for~~ a ~~panel~~ on ~~that~~ ~~planet~~. ~~However~~, the higher the axial inclination of the planet, the more a pannel near the pole of the "Summer Zone" will produce ~~power~~ compared to a pannel near the "Winter Zone".		- You can place your solar panels on and near both poles of a planet. This had two advantages compared to placing them near/around the equator: 1) each one typically produces 30-80% more energy per planetary day because they will always be getting sunlight, even when the sun is at its farthest away point, and 2) it is possible to get a consistent supply of power with as few pannel as desired, compared to placing them around the equator, which forces to place panels around the entire equator. It should be noted that, the higher the axial inclination of the planet, the more energy a pannel near the pole of the "Summer Zone" will produce per day compared to a pannel near the "Winter Zone". However, the further away the pannel is from the pole, the less this has an effect.

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	- You can place your solar panels in a ring around the equator of a planet, if you want a consistent power supply without using any [[Accumulator\|Accumulators]].		- You can place your solar panels in a ring around the equator of a planet, if you want a consistent power supply without using any [[Accumulator\|Accumulators]].

	- ~~For planets with low axial inclination, you~~ can place your solar panels at ~~and~~ near both poles to produce more power out of each one compared to placing them ~~around~~ the equator.		- You can place your solar panels at or near both poles of a planet to produce more power out of each one (compared to placing them near the equator), because the majority of the time they will be outputing more than 50% of the maximum solar power available for a panel on that planet. However, the higher the axial inclination of the planet, the more a pannel near the pole of the "Summer Zone" will produce power compared to a pannel near the "Winter Zone".

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	- You can place your solar panels in a ring around the equator of a planet, if you want a consistent power supply without using any [[Accumulator\|Accumulators]].		- You can place your solar panels in a ring around the equator of a planet, if you want a consistent power supply without using any [[Accumulator\|Accumulators]].

	- ~~You~~ can place your solar panels at and near both poles ~~of a planet or moon~~ to produce more power out of each one compared to placing them around the equator.		- For planets with low axial inclination, you can place your solar panels at and near both poles to produce more power out of each one compared to placing them around the equator.

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