Geothermal Power Station

Power Facility

A power generation facility using magma as an energy source. Combine multiple consecutive low-energy photons into one high-energy photon, and input energy to the grid stably. The power generation is directly related to the concentration of magma.

Energy Type		Geothermal
Basic Generation		4.80 MW
Made In		Assembler
Hand-make		Replicator
Stack Size		50

1

6 s

15

20

4

1

Summary

The Geothermal Power Station is a power plant which continuously generates energy from the heat within lava or from the planets core. However, it is limited in its placement and must be placed directly on top of a lava pool or a borehole left by a Core Driller. The power production of the Geothermal Power Station varies, depending on where exactly it is placed; the optimal placement is in the center of a magma pool, where efficiency is highest. If placed on a borehole, the Level of the destroyed Dark Fog base determines its efficiency.

Geothermal Power Stations are fully renewable, and they require no refueling or maintenance once placed. This is highly advantageous, especially for small or medium-sized remote outposts on Lava planets.

Production Chain

Recipe	Building	Replicator?	Technology
1 6 s 15 20 4 1		✔

Player Tips & Tricks

Normally, Geothermal Power Stations are almost completely irrelevant, as they are only usable on Lava planets. However, if the Dark Fog is present, they become incredibly valuable. The Dark Fog will periodically try to randomly drill holes in planets to expand the Hive, and newly-founded Planetary Bases are basically completely defenseless. This makes them easy to destroy, and the reward is a new Geothermal Power Station location.
- Geothermal Power Stations used in this way also always have an efficiency around 300%, generating large amounts of power for free. Depending on the scale of operations and the number of attempts the Dark Fog has made, it may be possible to power most or all of the production and logistics on thermal energy alone.
- It is not possible to force the Dark Fog to deploy a Relay and drill a hole to the planet's core. However, the general location that it targets can be manipulated by leaving gaps in planetary shielding or covering most of the planet's surface with mass-produced buildings (such as Wind Turbines).
Energy exchangers can be used to export geothermal power to other planets. It takes 10 geothermal power stations at 120% efficiency to fully power one energy exchanger.
When placing a Geothermal Power Station on magma, place it near the center of the magma pool for maximum efficiency.