Solar generator
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Solar generator
|image = SolarCollector.png|128px|
Solar generator
|info =
Produces electricity from sunlight. Does not work in the dark.
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Buildings
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Power
|placeable = y
|size = 2|2
|hp = 300
|efficiency =
|power = + 1700
|buy = 
100
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A solar generator provides 1700W of power. It has much smaller space requirements than a wind turbine but provides no power at night or during an eclipse. It may be placed in a wind turbine's exclusion zone with no effect on the turbine. While usually placed outdoors, it may be enclosed with walls, but must be unroofed to operate.
Power output is a direct product of the current light level. For example, at 50% light a solar generator produces 850W of its 1700W maximum. Batteries are a useful supplement to solar generators since they help provide power when the generators are offline.
If a solar generator catches fire it will often be destroyed because colonists cannot reach the interior section to extinguish the fire.
- Power
- Power conduit (Waterproof) • Power switch • Wood-fired generator • Chemfuel powered generator • Wind turbine
- (research)
- Battery • Geothermal generator • Solar generator • Watermill generator • Toxifier generator
- (uncraftable)
- Vanometric power cell • Unstable power cell
- Related
- Ship reactor