Advanced Solar Generator
The Advanced Solar Generator is a highly upgraded version of the basic Solar Generator. Construction of an Advanced Solar Generator requires four Solar Generators, but it produces six times the power of its smaller counterpart. It also requires an area of 3x3x3 Blocks in order to be placed. Universal Cable or other compatible wire can be connected to the side of the base with a green square or the bottom of the Generator. Right-click the generator with a wrench or Configurator set to Rotate to rotate the entire assembly.
The Advanced Solar Generator only produces full power during a clear day. It produces no power during night time, and only 20% of what it would otherwise during a rain.
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Crafting Recipe
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Power Production
By default the Advanced Solar Generator produces 300 J/t in direct sunlight, and can output a maximum of 600 J/t. This amount can be changed inside of the Mekanism Config. Like the Solar Generator, the Advanced Solar Generator does noticeably better in biomes that are hotter, but not too hot. Deserts are no longer the best place for them due to a code change meant to more closely match real life (heat increases losses in semiconductor P-N junctions).
In Other Units
| Joules/t | Redstone Flux/t | Minecraft Joules/t | EU/t |
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| 300 | 120 | 12 | 30 |
Gathering Materials and Crafting the Advanced Solar Generator
Before creating the Advanced Solar Generator, you need access to a Metallurgic Infuser.
In older versions of Mekanism, you also need a way to grind ores to obtain Osmium Dust. This can be accomplished by placing the ore in a Crusher, and then a Enrichment Chamber, or by using another mod that has similar machines such as the Grinder or Applied Energistics 2's Grindstone, a great early-game alternative. In new versions of Mekanism, the recipe for the Solar Generator has changed so you only need Osmium Ingots, not Osmium Dust.
To create the Advanced Solar Generator, the raw materials you will need include:
- 36 Glass Panes (from 18 Glass, you'll get extra panes)
- 54 Redstone (plus extra for the Metallurgic Infuser, described below)
- 37 Iron Ingot
- 44 Osmium Ingot (old recipe: 36 Osmium Ingots and 8 Osmium Dust)
- 12 Gold Ingot
NOTE: This list does not include the Redstone you will need to add as a secondary material for use in the Metallurgic Infuser to create Infused Alloy. You can either:
- A. Add 30 Redstone to the list as a secondary material for use in the Metallurgic Infuser (one Redstone covers one Iron Ingot)
- B. Add 4 Redstone to the list, send them through the Enrichment Chamber, get 4 Compressed Redstone, and use the Compressed Redstone as a secondary material (one Compressed Redstone covers 8 Iron Ingots).
As you can see, Enriched (or Compressed in older versions) Redstone is much more efficient in the Metallurgic Infuser, but if you don't have access to an Enrichment Chamber and have a lot of Redstone laying around, it is probably not worth the trouble of making an Enrichment Chamber just for this purpose (although you will absolutely need one later if you plan to progress further in the Mekanism tech tree).
After gathering the materials, craft the ingredients in this order:
- Create 30 Infused Alloy by infusing 30 Iron Ingots with Redstone in the Metallurgic Infuser.
- Craft 4 Energy Tablets using the Gold Ingots, Redstone and Infused Alloy.
- Craft 12 Solar Panels using the Glass Panes, Redstone, Infused Alloy and Osmium Ingots.
- Craft 4 Solar Generators using the Solar Panels, Infused Alloy, Osmium Ingots or Dust, Energy Tablets and Iron Ingots.
- Craft the Advanced Solar Generator using the Solar Generators, Infused Alloy and Iron Ingots.
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