Energy

Some MaddTech machines run on energy (a.k.a. electricity). Energy can be generated, stored, transported and used. It is measured in joules (J).

Storage
Energy can be stored in 2 different ways - in an accumulator or in a battery.

Accumulators are blocks placed in the world, and can store up to 10 000 J. They have 1 output side and 5 input sides; when the input side is connected to the output side of another accumulator or machine, it will try pulling energy from it.

Batteries are items, and can store up to 300 J. An advantage to batteries is that they can be easily moved around by players, and therefore the energy can be transported more cheaply at large distances.

Generation
There are many ways to generate energy:


 * A dynamo is a block which generates energy when right-clicked repeatedly. It will give 5 J per click. It must be connected to an accumulator which will store the generated energy, otherwise it will be wasted!


 * A solar panel is a block which generates 1 J/t on sunny days only. It will not generate any energy during the morning, the evening and night, or during a rain or thunderstorm. It does not need to be connected to an accumulator - lots of solar panels connected together will be able to power machines directly.


 * A chemical power plant is a chemical reactor with turbines and can generate much larger amounts of energy, at the cost of natural gas or another fuel, plus water.


 * A nuclear power plant is a nuclear reactor set up to generate energy; it is much more powerful than a chemical power plant.

Transport
Energy can be transported by different types of cables - tin energy cables, iron energy cables, copper energy cables, gold energy cables, silver energy cables, and the high-power brass fibre cables and bronze fibre cables.