The placement restrictions for wind and geothermal still apply. They are tech level spacer and need a high tech research bench and a multianalyzer. Research is dependent on vanilla research (electricity, solar and geothermal). The answer might as well be: just anywhere. Four brand new power outputs that must be researched before they can be built. The good thing about turbines is they're fairly cheap and easy to place. They output 2300W at 100 wind speed, and 3450 W at 150 wind speed, the maximum. A roof reduces power output, proportional to the tiles covered. An eclipse blocks the sun, but weather conditions like rain, fog, or snow will not reduce any power. Power is a direct product of light level for example, 50 daylight gives 850 W. Hi-tech w/ Multi-analyzer Advanced wind turbine Lightning rod Advanced solar generator. The wattage is directly proportional to the windspeed. Solar generators produce up to 1700 W of power at 100 natural light. generatorwith Watermill generator Advanced battery 2000 Battery. Once i've built a large 'room' with no roof just for turbines. Wind turbines generate a variable amount of power based on the current wind speed, which in turn is based on ranges set by the current Weather. Generally i just look for spots where grazing an hauling animals wont loiter, and stick them there. They might be vulnerable to attack if the perimeter is breached, but that can work out in my favor if it distracts enough of the mob away from my defenders. I link small hills and wall off a large area and some space is just useless. 200 steels/14 components with 4 batteries if you want to feel safe. With 2 batteries, its 100 steel/10 components. A consistent, free, power source with terrain restrictions. It should reduce the maximum amount of power the turbine can generate for every square being blocked, I don't think there's a difference between tall objects. As far as defense goes, thats something for you to figure out. According to screenshot, it does say it's being blocked by roof. Water mills only require a one-time setup. Generators require a consistent wood source. To build 6 solar/4 wind generators I need 6 more components. eh variety i guess they are pretty useless. Power output of generators seems close to me. Generators give an ok amount of power all the time for some fuel and have fewer location restrictions than any of the others as well. Steam gives a steady high amount of power but only where vents are.

Turbines give varied power based on the wind. Lets compare midgame bases with 10 generators. Solar gives a good amount of power but only during the day. Just remember that.Ī for where to place them, i tend to use the space left open after building perimeter walls. Honestly fueled generators still seems pretty weak to me. Yes, BUT if one is destroyed, the chain will break. Originally posted by Soap:i got question about wind turbines, if you build them next to each other (no gaps in btw) do they connected to the whole system? in power vision mode, their blue line did not linked to the second one that touched the 1st wind turbine i build in the same direction order.

Rimworld wind turbine and generator