Electric system/it

Basics

The electric network is used to power a lot different machines, the game can be hardly played without using it. Every machine has its internal electric capacity, when energy is produced, it is evenly distributed into all machines in the network that need electricity.

Inputs

Steam engine

• Uses water with temperature above 15°C (the higher the better) to produce electricity.
• The water can flow through it and it continuously consumes part of the water that flows through, so it is possible to chain steam generators one after another.
• With sufficient amount of water income at temperature 100°C the steam engine can produce 600 energy per second.

Solar panel

Solar panels are infinite source of free energy, but these have also its downsides.

• Solar energy technology is needed to build them
• Solar panels are much more expensive to create than steam engines.
• Maximum amount of energy produced is 60 energy per second (10 solar panels are needed as replacement for 1 steam engine).
• Solar panel energy production lowers as it gets darker in the evening, in the middle of the night it doesn't produce energy at all.
• Until we add accumulators (or other energy sources) to the game, generator is still the only source of energy usable during night.

Outputs

Mining Drill, Inserter, Macchina Assemblatrice, Laboratorio, Torretta laser.