Solar Panel

The Solar Panel is a power-generating building that creates electricity from sunlight.

Solar Panels generate 10.0 units of power in full sunlight, from 0:00 to 8:00. Between 11:30 and 0:00, they increase in production from 0.0 units to full power, and similarly decrease between 8:00 and 8:30.

Clicking on a solar panel displays information about the base's power.

Construction
Solar Panels are crafted at the Construction Yard using two metal plates and two electronics. This requires at most 6 ore, less if you have been lucky and found electronics in scrap. The Power Tech Upgrade must be researched before Solar Panels can be built.

Weather and Maintenance
Solar panels will occasionally become covered in mewn dust and stop generating power. This can be fixed by the player clicking on the affected solar panel.

Solar panels get dusty every few days in calm weather, and much more frequently during the sandstorm weather event.

In a sandstorm during the daytime, solar panels only produce 8.0 units of power.