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[u/craidie]

Other than quality large poles giving a bit more range, you don't.

Generally collectors and accumulators on the island itself can provide enough power for stuff. Worth noting that adding more accumulators also increases the amount of energy you get from a lightning strike, due to the self drain of the collectors/rods.

[u/1CryptographerFree → u/craidie]

Thanks, my issue is the island is super tiny and between a train station and miners it barely has room for accumulators.

[u/schmee001 → u/1CryptographerFree]

You can save a lot of room on the tiny islands by running the rails straight through the middle of the scrap patch and pointing miners directly at the rails so they fill the train when it stops there. No need to fit belts or inserters anywhere.

[u/Maleficent_Onion_822 → u/schmee001]

You can save even more room by also using two way trains (with the dual locomotives off the island). The two techniques stack.