Types Of Power Creation
This guide does not cover nuclear power, so I will only be covering the basic power generation sources.
You can use Steam Power or Solar Power.
Steam PowerSteam Engines are simple, you just need to use an offshore pump to get the water, and a boiler to create the steam for the steam engines. You will need to fuel the boiler using a burnable resource such as Coal or Wood.
Boilers can be placed inline next to each other as their sides can transfer fluids to their opposing side.
Solar PowerSolar Panels are also simple. In the daytime, solar panels will generate energy from the "sun". They stop generating energy at night. You can use Accumulators to store this energy, see the next section for how they work.
It is common to mix all of these together in some way, so you can use Solar Panels for the daytime, Steam Engines at nighttime and you can use accumulators to store the energy from the daytime through the nighttime.
Power Storage
Power can be stored using Accumulators, as seen in a previous screenshot next to a solar panel.
A common placement of these is to have a large number of them surrounding a substation, and to have multiple of these placed in a large grid.
I don't exactly know how joules convert to kilowatts, but basically "bigger number better".
Electric Network Info
The electric network interface shows the values for the current connected electric network.
The bars are as follows, per network:
Satisfaction shows if the network has enough power, and should always be full/green. If you do not meet the requirements of the network, the satisfaction bar will drop, it will change colors to yellow or red, and the machines on that network will slow down.
Production shows how much power you are producing, and the bar represents how close you are to your max power generation on that network.
Accumulator charge is how full the accumulators attached to the network are. The Consumption graph shows a list of the machines using the most power, and their positions on the graph.
The Production graph shows a list of the machines producing the most power, and their positions on the graph.
Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2058852509
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