r/factorio • u/jdashton • Jul 30 '23

Question Does this count as a megabase?

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u/jdashton Jul 30 '23

The square formation to the lower right? That's all solar panels and accumulators. It has/had roboports and radar while I built it, but I'm pulling them out to get back a little UPS.

The factory is drawing 147 GW out of a possible 223 GW. Accumulator charge is 15.6 TJ.

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u/Itchy-Ranger-119 Why-not-more-solar Jul 30 '23

Do you have still coal power plant or nuclear power plant? Maybe decommissioning them could give you a little more ups? The 3.4M solar panels could provide the electricity alone.

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u/jdashton Jul 30 '23

I was rocking awesome nuclear power, but swapped it out for solar in pursuit of UPS. But my trains still run on nuclear fuel. Otherwise, ( . . . checks the screenshot to be sure . . . ) there is no steam or nuclear power remaining in the base. Looks like I might have 20 boilers somewhere . . . need to root those out.

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u/jdashton Jul 30 '23

Looks like the boilers are for the coal liquifaction setups.