Rimworld Solar Panel Or Wind Turbine

The big downside to turbines is the large amount of clear ground they require.

Rimworld solar panel or wind turbine.

An important thing to note is that neither solar panels nor crop fields block the turbines and so can be placed in their wind zones for compact. As for flat trees and things hurt the productivity of turbines and hence super awesome. Geothermals make a lot of power but are very expensive need research and can only go on steam vents. You can place solar panels graves turrets idk about modded ones sandbags and crops not trees.

The wind will be weak when you most need it but they re excellent when buffered by a large battery bank. They will spin equally well in any direction. There is no such thing as wind direction in this game so orientation of the turbines doesn t matter. Just as long as the turbine itself is in the zone.

A wind turbine produces a variable amount of power up to 3450w based on the current wind speed for wind conditions see weather it works day and night compared to a solar generator which only works during the day. Just make sure you leave space so you can get to the wind turbine later when it breaks down. Wind turbines make a hell of a lot of power but unpredictably. They will spin equally well in any direction.

Wind turbines on average produce more power than solar panels however they do it sporadically where as solar does it on a regular cycle. They also need lots of space so place solars in their exclusion zones. There is no such thing as wind direction in this game so orientation of the turbines doesn t matter. Wind turbines can also share restricted zones.

Geothermal must be placed on geysers but works at full strength 24 7 unless a solar flare hits. If the colony has no other backup power source it is highly recommended to keep some additional batteries behind a power switch on a separate network see hazards above so they can be brought online in the case of a short. Solar panels supply 1700w during the day while turbines can supply up to 3000w max and will work both day and night. It has much smaller space requirements than a wind turbine but provides no power at night or during an eclipse it can be placed in a wind turbine s exclusion zone with no effect on the turbine.

Both need batteries to ensure 24 7 power demands met. Solar panels produce no power during the night and during an eclipse and wind turbines are completely unreliable. Solar makes a bit less but you can place them infront of and behind wind turbines. Wind has higher max output but is almost always changing on the other hand it is immune to eclipses.