An idea for a mod I have thought of (other people probably also thought of it first) is geothermal power.
Make an oil well like resource that provides water at 80c so it can be used for power.
Might go well with a natural gas mod or a water spring mod.
Geothermal power
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aubergine18
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Re: Geothermal power
This could be done by modifying one of the existing water well mods:
* https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Align/AquiferDrill
* https://mods.factorio.com/mods/binbinhfr/WaterWell
And combine placement with tile properties such as moisture, surface temperature and elevation to determine the output temperature (and quantity) of the underground water.
To help users with placement, calculated temperature could be depicted in a grid around the player reach distance (eg. with color-coded fake neutral entities).
Related topics/mods:
* viewtopic.php?f=6&t=30960
* viewtopic.php?f=33&t=25383
* mod: viewtopic.php?f=120&t=18620 / viewtopic.php?f=94&t=14417
* IRL: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=4340
The mod listed aboe puts water patches on ground to depict where geothermal wells can be placed.
* https://mods.factorio.com/mods/Align/AquiferDrill
* https://mods.factorio.com/mods/binbinhfr/WaterWell
And combine placement with tile properties such as moisture, surface temperature and elevation to determine the output temperature (and quantity) of the underground water.
To help users with placement, calculated temperature could be depicted in a grid around the player reach distance (eg. with color-coded fake neutral entities).
Related topics/mods:
* viewtopic.php?f=6&t=30960
* viewtopic.php?f=33&t=25383
* mod: viewtopic.php?f=120&t=18620 / viewtopic.php?f=94&t=14417
* IRL: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=4340
The mod listed aboe puts water patches on ground to depict where geothermal wells can be placed.
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