Space Engineers Solar Panels Behind Glass

Meaning that your solar panel would be working mostly with dhi components related to the reflection of sunlight from other sources.

Space engineers solar panels behind glass.

Solar panels appear on some pre built ships most prominently the commercial types which are generated with large arrays at the fore. My first real attempt at building a solar tower for isy s solar rotation script hopefully it all goes to plan. With this method you are likely going to need at least twice as much panels if not more. In order for a solar panel to produce energy its solar face must be exposed to direct sunlight.

Forgot to update this last night the explor a lss still works just fine with glass covering the solar panels. Apr 11 2014 9 13am. Endgroup localfluff feb 29 16 at 12 28 begingroup localfluff thanks for the link bizarre. Large panels from 6 kw to 120 kw small panels from 1 5 kw to 30 kw.

Oxy farms don t appear to work though probably because the raycast toward the sun comes from lower in the block and thus is hitting the glass. Fixed update of power in solar panel. Solar panel uses natural sunlight to produce power. By placing a solar panel behind a glass or a window you are eliminating the dni component of solar radiation that would directly impact the solar panel.

Raystmr apr 11 2014 3. Solar panels output increased. In my experience you need to put the glass on backwards. Some solar panels irl can work behind glass but they operate at reduced efficiency.

And thats with clear glass tinted glass would block out most of the light. Last edited by pancakekitty. Fixed solar panels turned off after ship spawn. The panels for the rising and setting sun you might want to have them be as high as possible to try to get the most out of the sun.

Home forums space engineers discussions archived bug reports. But the glass is right on top of the solar panels so that may be why. Solar panels work just fine you just have to put the glass right up against the panel instead of putting the panel inset a block below the glass. Some new construction actually happens.

Btw solar probe plus to be launched in 2018 will use pumped fluid cooling and special set of solar panels when close to the sun. I have not tried placing the solar panels behind the glass yet but figured and reduction would make it a useless since the output from the solar panels is very low to start with.