Fuel power is your first reliable grid beyond biomass burners. You burn solid biofuel in generators to run early miners and smelters before coal arrives.
Why this matters
Biomass burners need manual feeding and produce little power. Fuel generators run unattended once fed, which lets your factory grow while you build elsewhere.
Step-by-step
- Unlock fuel generators in the HUB and craft them.
- Set up a biomass or solid biofuel line to feed them.
- Connect each generator to your grid with power lines.
- Feed biofuel into every generator slot.
- Add more generators as power draw climbs.
- Switch the grid to fuel once production is stable.
- Keep a buffer of fuel near the generators.
Tips
- Store solid biofuel next to the generators
- One fuel generator beats several biomass burners
- Watch the power graph for spikes
- Connect generators before disconnecting burners
Practical notes
Fuel generators run unattended once fed, which is the first time the factory works while you do something else. Store solid biofuel next to the generators so a refill trip is short. One fuel generator beats several biomass burners for both power and attention.
Watch the power graph for spikes when many machines switch on at once. Keep a fuel buffer near the generators, because the grid dies the moment the fuel runs out. Transition the whole grid at once rather than running both systems half-fed.
Keep a fuel buffer near the generators, because the grid dies when fuel runs out.
Transition the whole grid at once rather than running both systems half-fed.
Common mistakes
- Letting fuel run dry mid-build
- Overloading a single generator string
- Forgetting to unlock the fuel generator recipe
- Feeding leaves instead of solid biofuel