The accumulator can store up to 5 mj of energy.
Factorio accumulator solar panel setup.
If connected to a circuit network an accumulator will output its level of charge as an integer from 0 to 100 to a specified signal.
You can always sacrifice a bit of the optimal ratio for a cleaner design but you should stay in the area of 0 8 0 9.
4 000 accumulators would need 4 000 5 20 000 additional solar panels to charge at full 300 kw speed but luckily we have 200 full daylight seconds to recharge so you ll do with a lot less.
Solar panels and accumulators optimal ratio.
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.
The optimal ratio is 0 84 thus a more ideal setup would be 21 accumulators to 25 solar panels.
The accumulator stores a limited amount of energy when available production exceeds demand and releases it in the opposite case.
Solar panels are an unlimited source of free energy that produce no pollution.
I had found that a ratio of 1 2 to 1 5 accumulators per solar panel worked out perfectly fine.
The 100 solar panels to 84 accumulators ratio is the best way to go as long as you have relatively constant power consumption and you don t want to build more than you really need.
Again accumulators are 2 to 3 times better in terms of material costs.
The ratios posted result in more solar panels then are needed to power factory and charge accumulators i had posted this in a topic on the steam forum a week ago when somebody was asking about solar panels and another person brought up the 0 8 1 ratio.
Generated power will increase decrease linearly during dusk and dawn and no power is produced at night.
This means one solar panel produces an average of 42 kw over one day and night cycle.
Its maximum charge discharge rate is 300 kw.
Looks like 912 accumulators to 16 solar panels which is a 0 560 75 ratio.
I would like to set up a set of solar panels for use in the daytime then another set that would be used at night.
During daylight hours every panel provides the maximum power level 60kw.
The night time set would have the accumulators.
Minimizing the amount of solar panels first is therefore definitely the way to got.
The same amount that can sustain your factory should be able to recharge easilly during daytime.
