During solar flares solar panels will operate at maximum capacity.
Planetbase solar panel.
Two very large solar panels will fill 3 to 4 large batteries.
On the moon you generally need more solar panels and power collectors than usual.
Adding the cost of one connection 1 metal to the cost of building the actual solar panel the power generation per metal is therefore 10kw per metal regardless of size.
Solar flares are a type of natural disaster.
Solar flares only happen during the daylight so.
On the storm planet build solar panels windmills and also lightning rods they protect your base and deliver power when hit by lightning and build more power collectors than usual.
So lets say all your panel is at 75 output so we add 25 to our night time base power consumption as a safe storage amount so as to get through to the morning.
During each tick every building s listed power rating is subtracted from the power grid or added in the case of solar panels wind turbines.
Values may change depending on time of day and other variables requires tech to unlock 50 generation on ice planet.
This was tested only on the starter planet not on the later more difficult planets.
E g you might have one massive solar panel generating 40 kw.
You might have an educated guess that the panel gets fixed when they reach a good status which is about 75 of full output.
In planetbase electricity ticks 30 times per minute.
They do not cause damage to structures but any colonists who are outside will become injured with radiation sickness.