Coal Power

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Description

Coal Power

Author: Calen
Built for Update 3
_vU3.1.2.1

These blueprints cover Power Generations II, III, and IV. Each generation has its own frame and channel blueprints. The frame serves as just that - a frame to install the channel blueprints, supplies the needed water & coal, and provides egress for any byproducts. The channel blueprint is one complete power channel that fits into its respective frame. Together they compromise the power plant. Each generation is set to take precedence in power production over the previous generation(s). That way, when you install a new generation's power plant, it will immediately take over handling power consumption. This provides a graceful transition and decommission process as you proceed through the generations. See each generation's details below.

Also included is an experimental design combining the builds for Power Generation II and Power Generation III. You can find instructions at: https://imgur.com/a/coal-power-experimental-power-plant-BKX540V.

Efficiency improves as you progress through the generations of coal power, as shown in the table below:

Consumption / Pollution Per Megawatt

Name PG2 PG2.1 PG3 PG4
Water 6 3 2 0.93
Coal 3.75 3.75 2.5 2
Air Pollution 3.75 3.75 2.5 0 (0.8)^

^ If Carbon Dioxide and Sulfur storage are not emptied and get full the smokestack and burner produce 96 pollution per minute, or 0.8 pollution per megawatt.

Each frame can support up to 4 power shafts of the same generation.

Power Generation II (PG2)

Each channel provides 8 MW of power for a combined output of 32 MW.

Input

Name Frame Channel Total
Water 48 192
Coal 30 120

Output

Name Frame Channel Total
Power (MW) 8 32
Exhaust 60 240

Power Generation III (PG3)

Each channel provides 12 MW of power for a combined output of 48 MW. Note: Make sure to connect water ingress to the pipe balancer rather than directly to the water storage.

Input

Name Frame Channel Total
Water 24 96
Coal 30 120

Output

Name Frame Channel Total
Power (MW) 12 48
Exhaust 60 240

Power Generation IV (PG4)

Each channel provides 30 MW of power for a combined output of 120 MW. Note: Make sure to connect water ingress to the pipe balancer rather than directly to the water storage.

Input

Name Frame Channel Total
Water 12 24 108
Coal 60 240
Limestone 9 9

Output

Name Frame Channel Total
Power (MW) 30 120
Carbon Dioxide 192 192
Slag 9 9
Sulfur 12 12

Change Log

vU3.1.2.1 - Disabled truck import on burner.
Moved Change Log into Description.
vU3.1.2 - Put burner in appropriate place.
vU3.1.1 - Added burner to sulfur storage to prevent power failure due to it being full.
vU3.1.0 - Upfitted blueprints for Upgrade 3. Reduced PG4 power plant from 6 to 4 shafts. Added experimental design combining PG2 & PG3.
v2.1.0 - Added Power Generation (PG) 2 Cooling Tower Upgrade
v2.0.0 - Original Public Release

Earlier Versions (7)

Version Copy to Clipboard Release Date Downloads
7 (Current) 05/18/2025 507
6 05/17/2025 19
5 05/16/2025 38
4 05/16/2025 9
3 06/22/2024 5089
2 04/29/2024 895
1 04/15/2024 190

Comments (4)

Calen (edited)
Change Log moved into the description.
perfect!!!!
exactly what I was looking for, thank you
ChopperMonkey (edited)
I had two PG4 shafts built that ran fine with no problems. I just recently added the next two shafts and now I keep getting -...turbine II needs a transport to output steam flickering across all shafts and high/low turbines randomly. Its stagnating the power production and i cant figure out what the cause is. Edit: I found the issue, had to reroute the water egress pip in the front of the frame to accommodate other pipes and somehow had a Pipe 2 instead of Pipe 3 replaced it. Upgraded the pipe and it seems to be working fine now.