Geothermal woes

[MightyMouse]

I'm not sure at what point it happened, but I have noticed that now I can never seem to get the volcano bonus for my geothermal plants. The terrrain around the volcano is invariably too uneven for building. Anybody else having this problem?

[Lцсᶖаᶇ º¹]

they are nice when they work. but otherwise i never plan to depend on geothermal energy. if all the land is uneven then there's not much you can do about it.

[MightyMouse]

My problem is that it is NEVER available any more. I think one of the updates changed the radius affected by the geothermal boost to the point of unusability. Can anyone else confirm this?

[Akko Chan]

Does it matter? Geo Thermal plants are capable of producing x2 the energy of conventional electric plants that use coal. they also can provide 1.5 times that of nuclear plants per square tile.

in other words 2 geothermal plants take up the same space as 1 nuke plant and provide 3 times the energy. plus they're emissions can be completely removed with the filters.

on top of that they don't require a road network and they're smaller than any other energy producer. you also never have to fear of running out of energy.

yes the volcano is a nice feature but so long as you build close to the volcano you're still getting a bonus. the geothermal plant improves the closer it is but you don't need to build directly on top of it.

a geothermal plant beside a volcano can provide 3 times the energy of 1 nuclear plant.

a geothermal plant without a volcano can provide on par the same energy as nuclear.

[MightyMouse]

Thank you.

[Deuce]

Yup, geothermal is best! Even on islands with no volcano it's best - because theyre efficient on size, upkeep and require no supplies and cause zero pollution :)

You do still get the bonus for volcano proximity, it's just not explicitly displayed. It's just the location bonus increases.

[MightyMouse]

Thank you