Biomass Burner

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Biomass Burner
Burns various forms of biomass to generate electricity for the power grid. Has no input and must therefore be fed biomass manually. Resource consumption will automatically be lowered to meet power demands.
Unlocked at	Tier 0 - HUB Upgrade 6
Category	Power
Subcategory	Generators
Power Generated	30 MW
Fuel	Leaves, Flower Petals, Wood, Mycelia, Biomass, Solid Biofuel, Packaged Liquid Biofuel, Alien Carapace, Alien Organs, Fabric
Overclockable	Yes
Dimensions
Width	8 m
Length	8 m
Height	7 m
Required Items
15 15 25

“	A factory needs power, and power needs a generator. In comes the biomass generator, cleaning up your lawn and building a better world in one fell swoop!	„
	~ Caterina Parks's assistant Steve

The Biomass Burner is an early Power generator that uses organic material as fuel. These materials can be gathered from trees, shrubs, and most flora and fauna found in the world. Later these raw materials can be refined into Biomass and Solid Biofuel for higher fuel efficiency.

The HUB can have two (small) Biomass Burners attached to it (see below).

Fuel consumption

Energy is given in MJ. 1MJ provides 1MW of power for 1 second or 30MW of power (1 Biomass Burner at 100% load) for 0.033 seconds.

Fuel Type (Fuel Value)	Biomass Burner (30 MW)	Coal Generator (75 MW)	Fuel Generator (150 MW)	Nuclear Power Plant (2500 MW)	Cyber Wagon (150 MW)	Tractor (55 MW)	Truck (75 MW)	Explorer (90 MW)	Chainsaw (75 MW)	Jetpack (200 MW)
Leaves (15 MJ)	0.50s	-	-	-	0.10s	0.27s	0.2s	0.17s	-	-
Wood (100 MJ)	3.33s	-	-	-	0.67s	1.82s	1.33s	1.11s	-	-
Mycelia (20 MJ)	0.67s	-	-	-	0.13s	0.36s	0.27s	0.22s	-	-
Alien Carapace (250 MJ)	8.33s	-	-	-	1.67s	4.55s	3.33s	2.78s	-	-
Alien Organs (250 MJ)	8.33s	-	-	-	1.67s	4.55s	3.33s	2.78s	-	-
Flower Petals (100 MJ)	3.33s	-	-	-	0.67s	1.82s	1.33s	1.11s	-	-
Color Cartridge (900 MJ)	-	-	-	-	6.00s	16.36s	12.00s	10.00s	-	-
Fabric (15 MJ)	0.50s	-	-	-	0.10s	0.27s	0.20s	0.17s	-	-
Biomass (180 MJ)	6.00s	-	-	-	1.20s	3.27s	2.40s	2.00s	-	-
Solid Biofuel (450 MJ)	15.00s	-	-	-	3.00s	8.18s	6.00s	5.00s	6.00s	-
Liquid Biofuel (750 MJ)	-	-	5.00s	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Packaged Liquid Biofuel (750 MJ)	25.00s	-	-	-	5.00s	13.64s	10.00s	8.33s	-	-
Coal (300 MJ)	-	4.00s	-	-	2.00s	5.45s	4.00s	3.33s	-	-
Compacted Coal (630 MJ)	-	8.40s	-	-	4.20s	11.45s	8.40s	7.00s	-	-
Petroleum Coke (180 MJ)	-	2.40s	-	-	1.20s	3.27s	2.40s	2.00s	-	-
Fuel (600 MJ)	-	-	4.00s	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Packaged Fuel (600 MJ)	-	-	-	-	4.00s	10.10s	8.00s	6.67s	-	3.00s
Turbofuel (2,000 MJ)	-	-	13.33s	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Packaged Turbofuel (2,000 MJ)	-	-	-	-	13.33s	36.36s	26.67s	22.22s	-	-
Heavy Oil Residue (400 MJ)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Packaged Heavy Oil Residue (400 MJ)	-	-	-	-	2.67s	7.27s	5.33s	4.44s	-	-
Packaged Oil (320 MJ)	-	-	-	-	2.13s	5.82s	4.27s	3.56s	-	-
Battery (6,000 MJ)	-	-	-	-	40.00s	109.00s (1m 49s)	80.00s (1m 20.00s)	66.70s (1m 6.70s)	-	-
Nuclear Fuel Rod (750,000 MJ)	-	-	-	300.00s (5m)	5000.00s (1h 23m 20s)	13636.00s (3h 47m 16s)	10000.00s (2h 46m 40s)	8333.00s (2h 18m 53s)	-	-

If power consumption is not 100%, the resource consumption is automatically lowered, that is, each item burns for longer time.

Conversion

Most fuel types can be crafted into a higher tier fuel type, increasing their Energy.

• Input Energy: refers to the total energy of the items that go into one crafting process
• Output Energy: refers to the total energy of the items that come out of one crafting process
• Energy Multiplier: How much energy you gain by crafting it into the next tier item.

Input Fuel	Input Energy (MJ)	Output Fuel	Output Energy (MJ)	Energy Multiplier
10 × Leaves	150	5 × Biomass	900	6
4 × Wood	400	20 × Biomass	3600	9
10 × Mycelia	200	10 × Biomass	1800	9
1 × Alien Carapace	250	100 × Biomass	18,000	72
1 × Alien Organs	250	200 × Biomass	36,000	144
8 × Biomass	1,440	4 × Solid Biofuel	1800	1.25

HUB Biomass Burner

Two Biomass Burners of the smaller variant are added to The HUB - one for completing each of these Tier 0 Milestones: "Hub Upgrade 1" and "Hub Upgrade 5". These Biomass Burners are of the smaller version and only produces 20 MW each. As such, all fuel items such as biomass and leaves also burns proportionally slower, that is, they last 1.5x as long.

Semi-automation

Biomass Power can be semi-automated by automating the crafting of Biomass or Solid Biofuel, while the collection of leaves or woods and the refueling of Biomass Burners must be done manually.

Each constructor crafting the following recipe can be used to sustain the following number of Biomass Burner:

Recipe	Number of Biomass Burner supported
Biomass (leaves)	6 (Note1)
Biomass (wood)	30 (Note2)
Solid Biofuel	15

Note1: Actual supported number is greatly reduced due to the throughput of belt Mk.1 for leaves input - For Mk.1 belt, it is limited to 3 Burners.
Note2: Actual supported number is greatly reduced due to the throughput of belt Mk.1 to Mk.3 - For Mk.1 belt, it is limited to 6 Burners.

Trivia

• The biomass burner, like all power generating buildings, behaves differently to other buildings when overclocked. See Clock Speed for more info.
• In the early game, around 6 biomass burners should be sufficient until the coal power is unlocked, if the player did not overbuild.

Gallery

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  Comparison between 2 models of Biomass Burners: Left: stand-alone (30 MW). Right: attached to the HUB (20 MW).

See also

• Coal Generator
• Power trip