We would need the fewest accumulators if we would just draw power from them if solar panels would produce no power at all.
Accumulators solar panel ratio.
We could do that the other way around.
So the result is we need 25 21 1 190476 period 6 more solar panels than accumulators.
500 21 p mw solar panels 20 p mw accumulators these are the numbers i use.
I tried it out in sandbox mode with krastorio 2 and it seems correct.
And each cycle the accumulator charge goes from 0 to 100 and back to 0.
Or we can say we need 21 25 0 84 accumulators per solar panel.
Either network can charge the accumulators and the accumulators can discharge into either network.
The amount of solar panels and accumulators you need is more.
Note that this isolation is bidirectional.
164 solar panel 141 accumulators which gives an ratio of 0 86 a bit higher than the optimal but in my opinion just perfect.
600 mj capacity of accumulators.
If they don t last the night build more batteries.
100 solar panels to 84 accumulators.
20 regular solar panels or 8 advanced solar panels combined with 14 20 0 7 accumulators gave a stable 1 4mw for 35 sentinels 35 20kw 1 4mw.
One of the biggest improvement of this design is the efficient use of space and substations.
Since the maximum input output rate of an accumulator is 300 kw power flow between the two networks will be limited to 300 kw times the number of accumulators 1 5 mw in the example.
That s the ratio most people on the forums use and used for a long time works pretty well for me as well.
We could do that the other way around.
Solar panels and accumulators optimal ratio the optimal ratio is 0 84 21 25 accumulators per solar panel and 23 8 solar panels per megawatt required by your factory this ratio accounts for solar panels needed to charge the accumulators.
The ratio doesn t matter nearly as much as people seem to think it does.
So the op post is 100 accurate.
Or we can say we need 25 solar panels per 21 accumulators.
Now you have enough for a while.
So for 2 1mw this works out to 50 solar panels and 42 accumulators exactly.
Then when both of those are met build some more.
If anybody has some suggestions to make this design even better please let me know.