Solar thermal energy park
Combine with Solar thermal energy mirrored and extension for the result in screenshot 🙂
Extension version
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=410470445
Mirrored version
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=410470734
Solar thermal energy park by makemakey, build your own solar thermal farm!
Provides 10 MW of green energy, at 5×14 area, but needs a bit of water for the steam turbines.
Building $ 8000
Running $ 64 /W
Area 5×14
Water 240 m3/W
Polution 0
Noise 20
Idea is that a thermal solar park is cheaper to build then photovoltaics, but is more cumbersome to operate, it needs water and slightly more expensive to run. Needs more area then wind, and more expensive to build.
However its upside is less noise and slighlty lower running cost per MW.
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Compare with wind
Provides 4-8 MW green energy
Building $ 6000
Running $ 80 /w
Area ~4×4
Pollution 0
Noise 50
Compared with Photovoltaic solar energy park by makemakey
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=409354116
Provides 6 MW green energy
Building $ 10000
Running $ 24 /w
Area 4×16
Pollution 0
Noise 0
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Update 1;(patch 1.06) added smooth shading, several texture tweaks, game balance: slightly lower running cost.
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Stats about the model (blender)
Main model 580 faces , 1256 Tris; diffusive, specular and alpha textures: 1024×1024
LOD model 48 faces, 96 Tris
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