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Wind turbines vs solar panels surviving mars.
So which is better for the early game.
Wind turbines vs solar panels written by michael boxwell the answer of course is that it isn t as simple as stating which technology is better both have their benefits and drawbacks and which technology is best depends very much on the application and the location of the system.
However most designs singular or part of a system will be more efficient than this experiment and thus should lead to power production in a range that is able to support some or all instrumentation on a small lander.
Wind turbines to compliment them too.
Compared to solar panels wind turbines release less co2 to the atmosphere consume less energy and produce more energy overall.
This just means the large is a better over time investment but if when you switch from solar to wind stirling for primary genration neither solar is good.
Keep trying to make it all look.
Wind is a more efficient power source than solar.
Wind turbines will work day and night but require machine parts to build and maintain.
While conventional turbines will shut down at wind speeds in excess of 45 mph the mars can function at speeds greater than 63 mph.
Late game solar panel power production gets nerfed a lot due to the atmosphere changes and from what i have experienced if you start having a late game metal problem less metal being produced solar panels are gonna make that worse.
In 2019 24 came from wind while 9 came from solar power.
At the other end of the spectrum the mars turbine can also convert wind energy into electricity at wind speeds as low as 7 mph source.
In fact one wind turbine can generate the same amount of electricity per kwh as about 48 704 solar panels.
Prior to dispatching wind turbines to mars the research team adds there are a suite of studies still to be conducted.
Utilities and large scale operations heavily utilize wind energy while homeowners prefer solar energy.
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Solar panels only riquire metals to be maintained which is easier to fine on surface but they don t work at night so you would have the need to build batteries that require polymers.
After my look at surviving mars lots of people called out the game for using wind turbines for energy generation on the surface of mars.
Solar panels only need metals to build and maintain but only work during the day and thus need power accumulators to work at night which require polymers to build and maintain.
Even they had the rsources to do large solar panels.
Out of all the renewable energy produced in the u s.