Not getting enough fuel?

[Flanderz]

Hey guys,

My coal and oil power plants keep saying "not enough fuel" - Yet they should have acess to it? How so? Traffic is not bad

[OneJasonBradly]

In a new city your fuel will come from the highway so the closer you can place them to an “Off ramp” the better.

[kristofburger]

Originally posted by Schalburg:

Traffic is not bad

Not good enough, apparently.

[Flanderz]

I've placed them close to an off-ramp and there is no traffic congestion? :/ My coal power plants are atm worthless :(

[Engine]

My solution is: use green energy

[barrygreybeard]

If you have other imports then your fuel is somewhere on that list, if you import a lot of raw materials and goods it may be way down on that list which is why it's not arriving "in time! I dont think the game prioritises a power plant over a factory building, it just has to wait its turn.

If you have the cash plop down another power plant until the other one gets topped up and turn off the new one so you have one in reserve in case supplies get delayed again when you can just turn it on....

[OneJasonBradly]

Originally posted by Schalburg:

I've placed them close to an off-ramp and there is no traffic congestion? :/ My coal power plants are atm worthless :(

They are not worthless, at 90k population I use four of them. They are somehow not able to get refilled in time. Perhaps create an interchange and place another one there and test. Also I don't have all my coal or oil plants in one place in case of a traffic snarls.

[Whirl]

I use wind farms. It's less wasteful and causes less traffic. Plus a coal factory can poison the ground for years.

Another useful thing about Wind Turbines is that you can put them anywhere; no worries about road access as long as you check wind speed.So you've got your sewage and water pumps out of the way like God intended? Well, having a single turbine for them might seem silly now, but wait until there's five all lined up. Or until you unlock new land and want to move them downriver or up-river. Or even until it's time to upgrade to decent sewage outlets.

[rovaira2]

You'll need on and off ramps going the right direction, highways going in both directions and way for people to get on and off in both directions if you don't already.

[Dreamtaker]

I had this issue before. I think I ended up having to delete the power plants and place them in a slightly different location (basically a few blocks away) to fix it. Everything could get to the buildings but they never got fuel shipments. I could be forgetting something else that I did to fix it though, since that was a while ago.

[OneJasonBradly]

Originally posted by Dreamtaker:

I had this issue before. I think I ended up having to delete the power plants and place them in a slightly different location (basically a few blocks away) to fix it. Everything could get to the buildings but they never got fuel shipments. I could be forgetting something else that I did to fix it though, since that was a while ago.

Forgot about that. Great advice! I do this seemingly without thinking, lol. If an asset is not working the way it should, I remove and replace. Many instances including roads (especially roads) I will do this first in the event I broke it somehow. I use MoveIt so it is good practise to think I broke it first.

[Apples]

Had this before no matter how many i built.

[KONKOLA]

Originally posted by Engine:

My solution is: use green energy

Really expensive and land consuming though. I'm new so if I'm missing something, lmk.

[Apples]

Green energy ends up being cheaper in this game.. Lol