Heating Create Steam Boilers with Solar Panels and Nuclear Reactors

Instead of burning solid or liquid fuels underneath Create boilers, you can generate heat with solar panels or multi-block nuclear reactors and pipe that thermal energy directly to your steam engines.

Starting Small with Solar Panels

In this mod, solar panels generate heat rather than electricity directly. They offer a straightforward way to enter the heat system:

1. Craft solar panels and place them outdoors with an unobstructed view of the sky.

2. Use the mod's heat transfer blocks to connect the solar panels to the destination where heat is needed, such as a Create boiler.

Building a Multi-Block Nuclear Reactor

When you need massive amounts of thermal output—even a simple nuclear reactor is capable of heating two max-level Create boilers—upgrade to nuclear power:

1. Check the recipe for reactor casings and craft enough blocks to enclose your multi-block reactor structure.

2. Assemble the nuclear reactor components inside the reactor casing frame according to the multi-block layout.

3. Connect the mod's heat system from the reactor to your water-fed Create boilers.

4. Supply water to the boilers so the transferred heat boils it for your steam engines.

5. Attach your copper coils and magnets to those high-output steam engines to convert all that nuclear-heated steam right back into massive electrical generation.