Solar Expansion is a work-in-progress mod extending solar power by adding additional ore, items, solar panels, and technologies. I thrive on feedback so if you have any suggestions to add new content or balance changes (and especially bug reports), please comment!
The Realism Update!
Thanks to FreeER's research advice, I revamped the entire mod after hours of reading on the solar energy topic. This should be a bit more realistic
Features:
- Added 2 new solar panels: Solar Array MK I, Solar Array MK II
- Added 4 new items: Quartz Ore, Silicon Boule, Silicon Wafer, Solar Module
- Added a new accumulator: Advanced Accumulator
- Added 3 new technologies: Silicon Czochralski Process, Single-Crystal Solar Energy 1-2, Advanced Electric Energy Accumulator
- Extract to "factorio_directory/mods/"
- If updating from previous version, delete the "solar-expansion" folder and "mod-list" file BEFORE extraction
- 0.3.1
- added the map color property for quartz ore, to make it compatibile with 0.6.x versions.
- 0.3.0
- added new resource, Quartz Ore
- added new item, Silicon Boule
- added new item, Solar Module
- added new entity, Solar Array MK I
- added new entity, Solar Array MK II
- added new technology, Silicon Czochralski Process
- added new technology, Silicon-Crystal Solar Energy 1-2
- removed LV Solar Array
- removed MV Solar Array
- removed HV Solar Array
- removed Advanced Solar Energy 1-3
- 0.2.1
- fixed Advanced Accumulator recipe typo
- 0.2.0
- added Advanced Accumulators
- added technology descriptions
- changed Advanced Solar Energy 1 required Science Packs from 50 to 100
- changed Advanced Solar Energy 2 required Science Packs from 50 to 150
- changed Advanced Solar Energy 3 required Science Packs from 50 to 200
- updated Solar Arrays for 0.5.x
- 0.1.0
- First Release
Solar Array MK I | Solar Array MK II | Advanced Accumulator
Quartz Ore | Silicon Boule | Silicon Wafer | Solar Module
Silicon Czochralski Process | Single-Crystal Solar Energy | Advanced Electric Energy Accumulators
Items / Entities
Solar Array MK I
- Produces 90 energy
- Requires Solar Module x16, Advanced Circuit x6, Steel Plate x4
- Produces 120 energy
- Requires Solar Module x24, Advanced Circuit x10, Steel Plate x8
- Requires Quartz Ore x8 (smelted)
- Requires Silicon Boule x1 (crafts x32 wafers)
- Requires Silicon Wafers x16, Electronic Circuit x6, Iron Plate x4
- Stores 10,000 energy
- Requires Advanced Circuit x5, Basic Accumulator x5
Silicon Czochralski Process
- Requires Optics, Advanced Electronics
- Requires Science Pack 1-3 x125
- Requires Silicon Czochralski Process
- Requires Science Pack 1-3 x175
- Requires Single-Crystal Solar Energy 1
- Requires Science Pack 1-3 x250
- Requires Science Pack 1-3 x100