There are either 5 36 extra accumulators or 6 38 missing solar panels.
Factorio best solar panel layout.
Note your roboports will be closer together here which isn t necessarily a bad thing depending on your base.
Plop a sub station down and fill it with solar pannels.
Personally i prefer a more solar panel leaning ratio for my power clusters.
Something to consider is that many people like replacing a solar panel with a radar in.
During daylight hours every panel provides the maximum power level 60kw.
I ve got two rings of solar panels 7 accumulators and a big powerpole in the innermost ring with the substation in the middle of course.
Just add as needed for each.
I don t beleve in perfect ratios for solar.
This means one solar panel produces an average of 42 kw over one day and night cycle.
Solar panels and accumulators optimal ratio.
Though in all honesty you probably aren t ready for solar panels yet if the cost bothers you.
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.
This layout has 170 accumulators and 196 panels.
I almost always try to stick a layout similar to the picture sbroadbent posted.
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.
Overall this design has a continuous power rating excluding roboport drain of 8 232mw.
Or more precisely you need power consumption in w 30 kw solar panels.
Keep in mind that these numbers are approximate you may want to have a buffer for laser turrets if nothing else.
I leave a space to walk between.
Haven t seen this design posted anywhere so here is yet another 0 15 solar panel layout this solar panel layout has a roboport only uses 4 substations has the exact 0 84 ratio 84 accumulators 100 solar panels and is symettrical.
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.
The ideal ratio is 0 84 accumulators panel.
This so sums up factorio perfectionism and practicalism.
Remember if you don t have enough solar panels things simply don t run as fast but if you don t have enough capacitors your entire base will shut down at night which can and will kill you in the right circumstances.
