Just as long as the turbine itself is in the zone.
Rimworld wind turbine or solar panel.
They will spin equally well in any direction.
They also need lots of space so place solars in their exclusion zones.
Research is dependent on vanilla research electricity solar and geothermal.
Geothermal must be placed on geysers but works at full strength 24 7 unless a solar flare hits.
The wind will be weak when you most need it but they re excellent when buffered by a large battery bank.
Wind has higher max output but is almost always changing on the other hand it is immune to eclipses.
Compared to solar panels wind turbines release less co2 to the atmosphere consume less energy and produce more energy overall.
Wind turbines make a hell of a lot of power but unpredictably.
There is no such thing as wind direction in this game so orientation of the turbines doesn t matter.
A solar generator provides up to 1700w of power from sunlight.
Wind turbines which generate power from a wide range of wind speeds are a great addition to your solar panel array as they can obviously generate power at night and on overcast rainy days when your solar production is low or non existent.
They are tech level spacer and need a high tech research bench and a multianalyzer.
You simply need to do some research and purchase a controller that is capable of handling both systems.
A wind turbine produces a variable amount of power up to 3450w based on the current wind speed for wind conditions see weather it works day and night compared to a solar generator which only works during the day.
When i use either solar panels or wind turbines which is rare for me i prefer solar panels.
Both need batteries to ensure 24 7 power demands met.
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.
By that i mean that your colony generally is going to be using more power during the day for things like sun lamps workbenches.
The placement restrictions for wind and geothermal still apply.
Wind generators and solar panels can be hooked up together through the same wiring system.
Geothermals make a lot of power but are very expensive need research and can only go on steam vents.
But the enormous power generating capacity of wind turbines doesn t make wind energy a clear winner.
The set up is fairly straightforward and will vary slightly based on the individual energy systems that you are using.
Wind turbines can also share restricted zones.
Just make sure you leave space so you can get to the wind turbine later when it breaks down.
Solar generators may be protected by surrounding them with walls but they must stay unroofed to operate.
This is because the power output for solar panels is much more consistent and matches the usage profile much better.
Four brand new power outputs that must be researched before they can be built.
You can place solar panels graves turrets idk about modded ones sandbags and crops not trees.
