Grid Battery

Three upgradeable industrial batteries for Captain of Industry with separate charging and discharging priorities, surplus-power modes, and persistent electrical energy storage.

Features

• Three tiers: lead-acid, Li-ion, and advanced solid-state storage.
• 100 / 400 / 1,600 MWs capacity.
• 250 kW / 1 MW / 4 MW charging power.
• 1 / 4 / 12 MW discharging power.
• 80% / 90% / 94% charging efficiency.
• Independent consumption and generation priorities.
• Support for Use surplus power only and Allow surplus power.
• Localized charging, discharging, and waiting status.
• Maintenance I for T1 and Maintenance II for T2/T3, with a small idle baseline.
• In-place T1 → T2 → T3 upgrades that preserve settings and stored energy.
• Tier research plus unlimited +2% capacity and +2% power research.
• Dynamic research placement that accounts for nodes added by other mods.
• Dedicated optimized models, LODs, PBR textures, and icons.
• No workers required. Every tier occupies 5x4 tiles.

Construction costs

• T1: 40 Construction Parts II, 10 Electronics, 10 Steel.
• T2: 60 Construction Parts III, 20 Electronics II, 20 Steel.
• T3: 80 Construction Parts IV, 30 Electronics III, 40 Glass.

Installation

Extract the archive so the resulting folder is:

%APPDATA%\Captain of Industry\Mods\GridBattery

Enable Grid Battery when creating or loading a game. Back up important saves first. The mod may be added to an existing save, but must not be removed after battery entities have been saved.

Compatibility

Mod version: 1.0.0. Tested with Captain of Industry 0.8.7 and game API assemblies 0.8.7.0. Compatibility with later game updates is not guaranteed.

License and author

Author: LordXaosa. Source code is MIT licensed. Original models, textures, icons, and images are CC BY 4.0 with attribution.