Suggestion solar freaking roofs self rimworld submitted 2 years ago by geilaj so you don t have to drive far to see solar panels on roofs why doesn t our colony 3000 years in the future have the ability to mount solar panels on roofs.
Rimworld solar roofing.
Description adds customizable roofing with transparent greenhouse roofing and photovoltaic solar roofing.
A solar generator provides up to 1700w of power from sunlight.
It has much smaller space requirements than a wind turbine but provides no power at night or during an eclipse it can be placed in a wind turbine s exclusion zone with no effect on the turbine.
If there is no supporting wall or rock.
A direct port of the github version made by aaroncrobinson.
There is no limit to the number of controllers connected to a section of tiles.
Reworked from vendan s original idea.
Each solar tile produces 200w during full sun.
This can be used to create outdoor roofed areas to prevent snowfall or item deterioration or indoor unroofed areas protected solar panels indoor growing areas.
Each controller has a max output of 2500w.
Solar generators may be protected by surrounding them with walls but they must stay unroofed to operate.