Building

Thermosolar plant

Your second energy source next to the fusion plant: it delivers extra power but burns spice every hour.

The Thermosolar plant is built from metal, kryptonite and spice and requires Energy technology level 4 and your Spice mine at level 6. Per level it delivers a little less energy than the Fusion plant and also consumes spice – the table shows both. Why it's still worth it: two power plants at a medium level are usually much cheaper than a single one you keep pushing higher and higher.

It usually starts to make sense in the mid game, when the fusion plant gets expensive – especially on cold planets with strong spice production. If you have energy to spare, you can lower its utilization on the Economy page and save spice.

Background

Simple collectors transform sunlight into heat, which is later processed into energy with water and spice. Every level completed increases the use of spice but also the energy production.

Levels at a glance

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Level	Metal	Kryptonite	Spice	Build time	Spice used / hour	Energy
1	120	25	80	12 s	2	+9
2	182	38	121	18 s	5	+21
3	274	58	183	27 s	9	+36
4	414	87	276	40 s	13	+55
5	624	130	416	1 min	20	+80
6	943	197	629	1 min 31 s	27	+111
7	1,423	297	949	2 min 18 s	37	+148
8	2,148	448	1,432	3 min 28 s	48	+195
9	3,244	676	2,163	5 min 14 s	63	+253
10	4,898	1,021	3,265	7 min 54 s	80	+323
11	7,396	1,541	4,931	11 min 56 s	102	+409
12	11,167	2,327	7,445	18 min 1 s	128	+513
13	16,862	3,513	11,242	27 min 12 s	159	+639
14	25,462	5,305	16,975	41 min 5 s	198	+792
15	38,447	8,010	25,632	1 h 2 min	244	+976
16	58,055	12,095	38,703	1 h 33 min	299	+1,197
17	87,663	18,263	58,442	2 h 21 min	365	+1,463
18	132,370	27,578	88,247	3 h 33 min	445	+1,782
19	199,879	41,642	133,253	5 h 22 min	540	+2,163
20	301,817	62,879	201,212	8 h 6 min	654	+2,618
21	455,744	94,947	303,829	12 h 15 min	790	+3,162
22	688,173	143,370	458,782	18 h 30 min	952	+3,809
23	1,039,141	216,488	692,761	1 d 3 h 56 min	1,145	+4,580
24	1,569,102	326,897	1,046,068	1 d 18 h 11 min	1,374	+5,496
25	2,369,344	493,614	1,579,563	2 d 15 h 42 min	1,645	+6,583
26	3,577,709	745,356	2,385,139	4 d 12 min	1,968	+7,874
27	5,402,340	1,125,488	3,601,560	6 d 1 h 15 min	2,350	+9,403
28	8,157,533	1,699,486	5,438,356	9 d 3 h 21 min	2,803	+11,214
29	12,317,875	2,566,224	8,211,917	13 d 19 h	3,339	+13,357
30	18,599,991	3,874,998	12,399,994	20 d 20 h	3,972	+15,890
31	28,085,986	5,851,247	18,723,991	31 d 11 h	4,720	+18,883
32	42,409,838	8,835,383	28,273,226	47 d 12 h	5,604	+22,416
33	64,038,856	13,341,429	42,692,571	71 d 17 h	6,646	+26,584
34	96,698,672	20,145,557	64,465,781	108 d 8 h	7,874	+31,498
35	146,014,994	30,419,791	97,343,330	163 d 14 h	9,322	+37,289
36	220,482,641	45,933,884	146,988,427	247 d	11,026	+44,107
37	332,928,788	69,360,164	221,952,525	373 d	13,033	+52,132
38	502,722,469	104,733,848	335,148,313	563 d 5 h	15,393	+61,573
39	759,110,928	158,148,110	506,073,952	850 d 11 h	18,168	+72,672
40	1.15 B	238,803,646	764,171,668	1,284 d 6 h	21,429	+85,716
41	1.73 B	360,593,506	1.15 B	1,939 d 5 h	25,259	+101,038
42	2.61 B	544,496,194	1.74 B	2,928 d 5 h	29,756	+119,027
43	3.95 B	822,189,252	2.63 B	4,421 d 14 h	35,035	+140,141
44	5.96 B	1.24 B	3.97 B	6,676 d 15 h	41,227	+164,910
45	9.00 B	1.87 B	6.00 B	10,081 d 17 h	48,489	+193,956
46	13.59 B	2.83 B	9.06 B	15,223 d 9 h	57,001	+228,007
47	20.52 B	4.27 B	13.68 B	22,987 d 7 h	66,977	+267,908
48	30.98 B	6.45 B	20.65 B	34,710 d 20 h	78,662	+314,649
49	46.78 B	9.75 B	31.19 B	52,413 d 9 h	92,346	+369,385
50	70.64 B	14.72 B	47.09 B	79,144 d 5 h	108,365	+433,462
51	106.67 B	22.22 B	71.11 B	119,507 d 19 h	127,113	+508,452
52	161.07 B	33.56 B	107.38 B	180,456 d 18 h	149,046	+596,184
53	243.21 B	50.67 B	162.14 B	272,489 d 17 h	174,699	+698,797
54	367.25 B	76.51 B	244.83 B	411,459 d 12 h	204,694	+818,779
55	554.54 B	115.53 B	369.70 B	621,303 d 20 h	239,758	+959,033
56	837.36 B	174.45 B	558.24 B	938,168 d 19 h	280,735	+1,122,941
57	1.26 T	263.42 B	842.94 B	1,416,634 d 22 h	328,610	+1,314,442
58	1.91 T	397.76 B	1.27 T	2,139,118 d 18 h	384,532	+1,538,128
59	2.88 T	600.62 B	1.92 T	3,230,069 d 7 h	449,836	+1,799,345
60	4.35 T	906.94 B	2.90 T	4,877,404 d 15 h	526,079	+2,104,319
61	6.57 T	1.37 T	4.38 T	7,364,881 d 1 h	615,075	+2,460,300
62	9.93 T	2.07 T	6.62 T	11,120,970 d 8 h	718,931	+2,875,727
63	14.99 T	3.12 T	9.99 T	16,792,665 d 6 h	840,106	+3,360,427
64	22.63 T	4.72 T	15.09 T	25,356,924 d 13 h	981,458	+3,925,832
65	34.17 T	7.12 T	22.78 T	38,288,956 d 1 h	1,146,312	+4,585,249
66	51.60 T	10.75 T	34.40 T	57,816,323 d 16 h	1,338,540	+5,354,160
67	77.92 T	16.23 T	51.95 T	87,302,648 d 17 h	1,562,644	+6,250,576
68	117.66 T	24.51 T	78.44 T	131,826,999 d 14 h	1,823,862	+7,295,449
69	177.67 T	37.01 T	118.45 T	199,058,769 d 9 h	2,128,286	+8,513,145
70	268.28 T	55.89 T	178.85 T	300,578,741 d 18 h	2,483,000	+9,932,003
71	405.10 T	84.40 T	270.07 T	453,873,900 d 2 h	2,896,243	+11,584,972
72	611.71 T	127.44 T	407.81 T	685,349,589 d 3 h	3,377,590	+13,510,362
73	923.68 T	192.43 T	615.79 T	1,034,877,879 d 14 h	3,938,176	+15,752,706
74	1.39 Qa	290.57 T	929.84 T	1,562,665,598 d 4 h	4,590,943	+18,363,772
75	2.11 Qa	438.77 T	1.40 Qa	2,359,625,053 d 5 h	5,350,930	+21,403,720
76	3.18 Qa	662.54 T	2.12 Qa	3,563,033,830 d 9 h	6,235,617	+24,942,469
77	4.80 Qa	1.00 Qa	3.20 Qa	5,380,181,083 d 21 h	7,265,314	+29,061,258
78	7.25 Qa	1.51 Qa	4.83 Qa	8,124,073,436 d 16 h	8,463,619	+33,854,479
79	10.95 Qa	2.28 Qa	7.30 Qa	12,267,350,889 d 9 h	9,857,946	+39,431,787
80	16.53 Qa	3.44 Qa	11.02 Qa	18,523,699,842 d 23 h	11,480,140	+45,920,562
81	24.97 Qa	5.20 Qa	16.64 Qa	27,970,786,762 d 21 h	13,367,188	+53,468,755
82	37.70 Qa	7.85 Qa	25.13 Qa	42,235,888,011 d 22 h	15,562,048	+62,248,192
83	56.92 Qa	11.86 Qa	37.95 Qa	63,776,190,898 d 1 h	18,114,603	+72,458,414
84	85.95 Qa	17.91 Qa	57.30 Qa	96,302,048,256 d 1 h	21,082,779	+84,331,118
85	129.79 Qa	27.04 Qa	86.53 Qa	145,416,092,866 d 15 h	24,533,829	+98,135,319
86	195.98 Qa	40.83 Qa	130.66 Qa	219,578,300,228 d 15 h	28,545,832	+114,183,331
87	295.94 Qa	61.65 Qa	197.29 Qa	331,563,233,345 d 6 h	33,209,425	+132,837,700
88	446.86 Qa	93.10 Qa	297.91 Qa	500,660,482,351 d 8 h	38,629,814	+154,519,256
89	674.77 Qa	140.58 Qa	449.84 Qa	755,997,328,350 d 13 h	44,929,107	+179,716,430
90	1.02 Qi	212.27 Qa	679.26 Qa	1,141,555,965,809 d 8 h	52,249,018	+208,996,074
91	1.54 Qi	320.53 Qa	1.03 Qi	1,723,749,508,372 d 2 h	60,753,997	+243,015,990
92	2.32 Qi	484.00 Qa	1.55 Qi	2,602,861,757,641 d 20 h	70,634,867	+282,539,470
93	3.51 Qi	730.83 Qa	2.34 Qi	3,930,321,254,039 d 5 h	82,113,033	+328,452,134
94	5.30 Qi	1.10 Qi	3.53 Qi	5,934,785,093,599 d 5 h	95,445,364	+381,781,459
95	8.00 Qi	1.67 Qi	5.33 Qi	8,961,525,491,334 d 19 h	110,929,852	+443,719,409
96	12.08 Qi	2.52 Qi	8.05 Qi	13,531,903,491,915 d 13 h	128,912,165	+515,648,660
97	18.24 Qi	3.80 Qi	12.16 Qi	20,433,174,272,792 d 12 h	149,793,250	+599,173,000
98	27.54 Qi	5.74 Qi	18.36 Qi	30,854,093,151,916 d 16 h	174,038,137	+696,152,548
99	41.58 Qi	8.66 Qi	27.72 Qi	46,589,680,659,394 d 5 h	202,186,141	+808,744,567
100	62.79 Qi	13.08 Qi	41.86 Qi	70,350,417,795,685 d 6 h	234,862,690	+939,450,760

Values without premium, Synth or specialization bonuses. Costs are for upgrading to the given level. Set your development center, microsystem accelerator and universe above and the build times adjust.

Thermosolar plant

Levels at a glance

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