Best Power Plants!

[ron.robinson123 0]

Hey there!

I was wondering what your personal favorite power plant lot is for sim city 4. I am looking for best in terms of how awesome these powerplants look, how functional they are, and how realistic. (Realistic as in i don't want a power plant that makes 1,000,000 power for 15 simoleans a month).

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

[SimHoTToDDy 2,938]

This is my personal favorite:

But I'm just nuke lovin', CCCP emulating, Pripiat fanboy

[Rasmus 2]

I recently found this one:

...On Simcitypolska (http://www.simcitypolska.pl/download.php?view.391), and it's by far the best looking powerplant I know about. Especially because it's so big (11x17). More powerplants should be that large (og larger).

[ron.robinson123 0]

I actually read your city journal! It was awesome. I wish i knew how to do half the things you SimCity Gods can do. :-) I have been on this website for a few years now and have now started posting..... I know, I am a lurker.

Anyway, I am downloading that powerplant as I write this, and more would be appreciated! thanks!

[ron.robinson123 0]

Thank you rasmus! the submissions are great, keep em coming!

[DCMetro34 576]

Good ol' wind power for me. Doesn't take up a lot of space, works fine, and no pollution. A couple of those any my city is good to go.

[ron.robinson123 0]

My cities usually can not handle just wind power though, it costs too much for the power you receive.

[GoodOak 1]

I almost always use SOMY's microwave plant, but it's expensive and you either need to cheat or have a very well established city. Can't beat the power source, though. And the design and nightlighting is pretty kickass.

Microwave Rectenna: https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=11118

[BattleshipAgincourt 1]

I really don't like any of the power plants from the original version of SC4. Coal is always what I use because it had all the advantages in regards to cost effectiveness. The pollution issue was just to place coal plants right next to each other and sell the power to neighbors.

Can anyone tell me if there's something I don't know about power plants and what they cost to operate? Coal obviously costs more, so why is solar $1000/month for about the same power? It makes sense that coal power plants are cheap to build, but why is it only $250 per month to operate?

Any power plants that don't follow the game's lack of realism are my favorites.  I do really like large nuclear plants which output huge quantities of power and cost above $100,000 each.  Those are more realistic (In costing big to build.  Output little energy in comparison to their base cost.  And the energy is cheaper than coal.)

[ron.robinson123 0]

wow, that does look really great! thanks goodoak!

[SC4BOY 20]

All of the games power sources have a role to play in the game.. unless of course you just wish to cheat your way through it. In that case why not just use the "no power" cheat and play without one at all and have you lots "magically" powered?

[ron.robinson123 0]

AginCourt, I completely understand what you are saying here....the powerplants definately are not realistic. and it just gets worse as they get more expensive, I mean look at the hydrogen powerplant, if I remember correctly its like 10,000 simoleons a month for 50,000 kw/h? thats a dollar for ever 5 kw/h. Blah. and sc4boy, i never could get any cheats to work except the "weaknesspays" and "you don't deserve it". i have no clue why but no power cheat wouldnt work at all....when I deleted the powerplant, it would say i had no power! (big surprise )

[buildsolid 4]

Originally posted by: Rasmus

I recently found this one:

...On Simcitypolska (http://www.simcitypolska.pl/download.php?view.391), and it's by far the best looking powerplant I know about. Especially because it's so big (11x17). More powerplants should be that large (og larger).

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Thats the one I use the most.

@SimHoTToDDy: Thats one cool powerplant, thanks for showing where it is.

[KidChaos2 13]

I'm new here, but, this is the power plant I currently use, because it is friggin' sweet.... Click on the pics on the site, and you will get the zip file.

http://members3.jcom.home.ne.jp/somy000/p4.htm

[ron.robinson123 0]

actually chaos, I use this powerplant too!

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

LOL Those look good, espacially for an industrial or authoritarian like city, and would be even better if they were transit-enabled(That's how I build my simcity societies bad cities:just use the super coal plant).X0

[jj88 23]

Any other good (note: realistic) power plants people have found?

[gianthaiku 5]

El Nuke is pretty big and realistic. it's what you need for powering a big city

[Slashback 136]

I simply use wind power. It's clean, and you can build a lot of them on little space. Smart!

[TekindusT 3,809]

Another one from SimCity Polska: http://www.simcitypolska.pl/download.php?view.404

It works as the Maxis oil power plant.

[gamer01965 1]

I personally love the Duracell Power Plant

found on the Spanish site CapitalSimCity

Downloads here:

http://descargas.capitalsim.net/?sitio=csc

[Jeffmaster223 24]

amazing powerplants!

Simcitypolzka is pretty cool when it comes to utilities!

[iuri99 48]

I prefer the PEG solar plant. Like more real.

[ulothrix 0]

Originally posted by: TekindusT

Another one from SimCity Polska: http://www.simcitypolska.pl/download.php?view.404

It works as the Maxis oil power plant.

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cool..thanks

[LKMarcus 3]

Nice, but you should try to phase out the obvious repitition of Maxis lots.

[Tonnakin 2]

My favourite power plants are these slope conforming windmills: https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=22333. I place them on steep terrain where I can't build my city on.

However, this is, as noted earlier, very expensive for what you get. When I have flat terrain, I am with SimHoTToDDy, as well as https://www.simtropolis.com/stex/details.cfm?id=18848 (from the same uploader), as those power plants simply look awsome!

[Tysons4 68]

i add gas or coal when i have 4 windmills over worked

i demolish coal when i have oil size demand

replace oil when i can build solar

replace solar with nuclear when i can

and replace nuclear with hydrogen when available

i try to keep windmills in all my cities not too many though...

ive been working on this method for over year now as i work on my 720 city no plugin region

[hittwice99 618]

Originally posted by: Tysons4

i add gas or coal when i have 4 windmills over worked

i demolish coal when i have oil size demand

replace oil when i can build solar

replace solar with nuclear when i can

and replace nuclear with hydrogen when available

i try to keep windmills in all my cities not too many though...

ive been working on this method for over year now as i work on my 720 city no plugin regionquote>

What point are you trying to make?

[Tysons4 68]

Originally posted by: hittwice99

Originally posted by: Tysons4

i add gas or coal when i have 4 windmills over worked

i demolish coal when i have oil size demand

replace oil when i can build solar

replace solar with nuclear when i can

and replace nuclear with hydrogen when available

i try to keep windmills in all my cities not too many though...

ive been working on this method for over year now as i work on my 720 city no plugin regionquote>

What point are you trying to make?

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that the game is great as is without plugins.... it has great structure and can be as real as you want it to be

[Slashback 136]

To be specific, i use the SFBT windmills.