Solar Power Plant

Building

Solar Power Plant
Type	Building
Description	Generates Electricity
Placement Requirement	Can't build on aliens' claims. Can't build in aliens' jurisdiction.
Note	Generators determine number of processes.
Structural Requirements
Arena	Ok
Auditorium	Ok
Battery	1m³ Batteries Required
Commodity Storage	Ok
Field Area	Ok
Generator	1 Generator Required
Guard Post	No
Home, Large	Ok
Home, Medium	Ok
Home, Small	Ok
Livestock	Ok
Lounge Space	Ok
Office Space	1 Office Required
Parking, Ground Vehicles	Ok
Parking, Space Vehicles	Ok
Parking, Water Vehicles	Ok
Parking, Spacecraft	No
Radar	No
Shield Generator	No
Shop Space	Ok
Space Vehicle Launchers	No
Space Vehicle Recovery Systems	No
Store Space	No
Surgery Units	No
Transporters	No
Turrets	No
Weapon Bays	No

This type of power plant requires no resources to generate electricity, other than an abundance of sunlight. The downside is that no power will be generated at night, so make sure to have big enough capacitor to last the night.

Note: There does not appear to currently be a default solar power plant blueprint that can be built without already having electricity. As a result, it's impossible to build this as your first power plant.

Special Power Production

Sunlight energy decreases with distance from the sun. This results in more or less power production from solar generators based on orbit zone.

Orbit Zone	Power Production
Inferno Zone	400% Standard Output
Inner Zone	200% Standard Output
Habitable Zone	Standard Output
Outer Zone	50% Standard Output
Frigid Zone	25% Standard Output

Production

Building	Produces	Consumed	Required	Optional
Solar Power Plant	300* Electricity * Special power production.		Sunlight	Computer (+ output)