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Type: Mod
Mod category: Block, Production
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12.474 MB
26 Jan, 2017 @ 3:17pm
24 Mar, 2017 @ 3:14am
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GeoThermal Power Plant

Description


Takes heat directly from the planet to boil water (ice) into steam, then uses that to generate power. This plant is environmentally friendly without the risks of using an unstable isotopes or radiation posioning.

Visible smoke from the stacks while functioning!
DX11 Only

Need additional power? No problem! Add a turbine to the same grid that the plant is on and the GeoThermal plant will benefit in an increased power output (decreases for each additional turbine), and as an added benefit, the Turbine acts as a battery to store extra power for transfering into the power grid!


Requirements:
  • Must be built in voxel
  • Must be in atmosphere to ensure that it is on a planet
  • Production of unique fuel cells require ice
  • Larger than the vanilla Large Reactor (4x4x4) and more expensive to build
  • Unique Assembler to generate the fuel cells requiring additional expense to get operational


GeoThermal Plant Specs:
Power Output: 320mw

Turbine Info
Power Increases per turbine:
1st - Adds 20%
2nd - Adds 16%
3rd - Adds 12.8%
4th - Adds 10.24%
5th - Adds 8.19%
(can go up to 10 turbines total per GeoThermal Plant)


Build Requirements:
- Fuel Assembler requirements is the same as vanilla, however, only produces GeoThermal fuel cells
- Main Plant:
Steel Plate: 1000
Construction Components: 70
Metal Grid: 40
Large Tube: 40
Superconductor: 100
Reactor Components: 2000
Motor: 20
Computer: 75


Branches?
As of 2/15/2017 this mod was tested and working fine on both Dev & Stable branches. However, I will not be supporting the Dev branch.


3-5-2017: Update
- Turbine Fixes
- - Ocassionally was not registering on grid, fixed
- - Once max count reached, if one was removed and rebuilt, it would not register until world reloaded, fixed

2-27-2017: Update
- Turbine Fixes & Changes
- - No longer required to be in voxel
- - Must be in atmosphere
- - Must be on same grid as GeoThermal Plant
- - Up to 10 Turbines can be added per GeoThermal Plant


2-3-2017: Update
- Added GeoThermal Turbine
- - Must be in voxel
- - Must be on stationary grid (same grid as GeoThermal Plant)
- - It is a battery as well (storing power prior to transfering to power grid)

Coming Soon:
* Possibly a "water tank" module as an upgrade module (plant storage or efficiency)

Todo:
- Additional detailing
- Additional terminal pad(s)
- Changing particle effect from black to white smoke to appear more like steam


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62 Comments
mankol 30 Dec, 2020 @ 3:46pm 
can you remove the need for gold for building and make it one block instead of 3 different blocks?
CrittMonkey 4 Jul, 2020 @ 10:44pm 
PLEASE UPDATE THIS PLEASE!! Thank You ^_^
AKxzoom117 31 Mar, 2020 @ 11:15pm 
does this still work?
Em Trish 24 Feb, 2019 @ 8:03am 
so dose this need to be making a lot of power to make smoke?
LeXx LeCryce 10 Oct, 2018 @ 7:28pm 
hey ive posted this idea over one year ago here: https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/244850/discussions/2/154645512753469200/

Furry Daniel 22 Jul, 2018 @ 2:25am 
this is not support colour
Tymo 21 Jul, 2018 @ 2:16am 
Push! Please Revive this Mod!
JDaremo Fireheart 16 May, 2018 @ 2:09pm 
Oh Man, you two. Could you please debug and update this mod. I love the thought of Geothermal.
Furry Daniel 16 May, 2018 @ 12:54pm 
how doesn't working i dont want download that mod
Reon-dv 4 Apr, 2018 @ 5:39am 
does't working :(