Solar Array

The Solar Array is a multiblock structure added by Environmental Tech. It can generate massive amounts of Forge Energy from sunlight, and comes in 6 tiers.
== Generation ==
FE production depends on the tier of the Solar Array, the Solar Cells that are used, as well as the current amount of sunlight the latter receive. This table gives the amount of FE generated per tick in plain sunlight assuming the array is not being obstructed:
Controller \ Solar Cells	Litherite	Erodium	Kyronite	Pladium	Ionite 	Aethium
Tier 1 	549 	729 	1,098 	1,152 	1,152 	1,152
Tier 2 	3,050 	4,075 	6,125 	8,175 	12,275 	12,800
Tier 3 	12,005 	16,023 	24,059 	32,095 	48,167 	64,190
Tier 4 	39,771 	53,055 	79,623 	106,110	159,246 	212,301
Tier 5 	118,943 	158,510	237,886 	317,141	475,772 	634,282
Tier 6 	332,254 	442,949	664,508 	885,898	1,329,016	1,771,965
The final amount of FE/t is calculated using the following formulas:
* FE/t = \left \lfloor cellGen \times validCells \times sunlight \right \rfloor
* cellGen = \left \lfloor 128 \times 2^{tier - 1} \times min\left ( maxEfficiency , averageEfficiency \right ) \right \rfloor
Where:
* FE/t is the final amount of FE generated per tick
* cellGen is the amount of FE per tick each valid Solar Cell generates
* validCells is the number of Solar Cells that can see the sky
* sunlight is the amount of light coming from the sun, varying from 0 to 1 depending on weather and time of the day
* maxEfficiency is the maximum efficiency that the Controller can support
* averageEfficiency is the average efficiency of each valid Solar Cell
* tier is the tier of the Controller
Both final FE/t production and FE generated by cells are rounded down to the nearest integer.
The maximum effiency of each Controller and efficiency of each Solar Cell are given below:
Controller	Maximum Efficiency
Tier 1 	1
Tier 2 	2
Tier 3 	4
Tier 4 	8
Tier 5 	16
Tier 6 	32
Solar Cell	Efficiency
Litherite 	0.48
Erodium 	0.64
Kyronite 	0.96
Pladium 	1.28
Ionite 	1.92
Aethium 	2.56
== Construction ==
All structures can be built using the Assembler.
=== Tier 1 ===
The complete structure is 5x2x5 and requires:
* 1 
* 4 s or s
* 16 or above
* 9 Solar Cells of any kind
Structure
=== Tier 2 ===
The complete structure is 7x2x7 and requires:
* 1 
* 4 s or s
* 24 or above
* 25 Solar Cells of any kind
Structure
=== Tier 3 ===
The complete structure is 9x2x9 and requires:
* 1 
* 8 s or s
* 32 or above
* 49 Solar Cells of any kind
Structure
=== Tier 4 ===
The complete structure is 11x2x11 and requires:
* 1 
* 8 s or s
* 40 or above
* 81 Solar Cells of any kind
Structure
=== Tier 5 ===
The complete structure is 13x2x13 and requires:
* 1 
* 12 s or s
* 48 or above
* 121 Solar Cells of any kind
Structure
=== Tier 6 ===
The complete structure is 15x2x15 and requires:
* 1 
* 12 s or s
* 56 
* 169 Solar Cells of any kind
Structure
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