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Wind speed in an area determines the power output of the wind power plant.
 
Wind speed in an area determines the power output of the wind power plant.
  
*Wind power plant generates more power at higher wind speed.
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*Wind power plant generates more power at higher wind speed, which is higher at higher altitudes.
 
 
*Wind speed is higher at higher altitude.
 
  
 
===Coal Power Plant===
 
===Coal Power Plant===

Revision as of 20:31, 29 January 2013

Power is needed for a city to function.

  • Houses without power will become abandoned.
  • Commercial and Industrial buildings without power will remain closed.

Various power plants can be built to generate power.

Power can also be brought from neighboring cities in a region

Power Plants

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Wind Power Plant

Wind Power Plant

Main article: Wind power plant

Wind power plants are cheap and clean but they generate very little power.

  • They are perfect for early game or small towns.

Wind speed in an area determines the power output of the wind power plant.

  • Wind power plant generates more power at higher wind speed, which is higher at higher altitudes.

Coal Power Plant

Oil Power Plant

Solar Power Plant

Nuclear Power Plant

Power Maps

Electric - indicates which buildings powered or unpowered.

Air pollution - indicates which areas of the city are most polluted and shows the buildings that generate the most pollution.

Radiation - indicates which areas of the city are most radiated and shows the buildings that generate the most radiation.