Solar Turbine

Solar Turbine
Name	Solar Turbine
Stackable	Yes (64)
Data Value	1000:13
Source Mod	Factorization

Solar Turbines are currently the only way to produce Charge for Factorization. They must be placed over an infinite water source, with mirrors placed around them. The turbine will suck water up into itself, and during daytime the mirrors will cause it to evaporate, spinning the fan and generating power.

Solar Turbines will not generate power during the night, or when it is raining.

Recipe

Example Setup

Example Mirror Layout

Example Fully Efficient Mirror Layout

Mirror Placement

Mirrors must be placed in a circular shape around the solar turbine within a certain distance. The distance limit is not measured in blocks, but in actual distance, with the result that mirrors can go as far as 8 blocks in straight lines along the x or z axis, but they must be within five blocks on the diagonal.

Extra mirrors will cause it to go faster and generate more Charge. The mirrors must have line of sight and will be blocked by all blocks, including blocks otherwise considered transparent like glass, or other mirrors.