What to do if coal power doesnt have enough fuel?

[Aether]

pls help. my city is crumbling bc of this

[MaxFX]

Well, if your coal power plant doesn't get any fuel this is because trucks carrying the fuel cannot get to the power plant (in time). A couple of things can cause this:

- Your coal power plant is alongside a road that isn't connected to the highway.
- The road alongside the coal power plant might be connected to the highway, but wrong use of one-way roads can also cause a truck not to find the destination.
- You've got very bad traffic flow. Your trucks are stuck in traffic and cannot get to the power plant in time.

You need to address these issues if one or more are indeed the case.

Alternatively, you could use Wind Turbines instead.

[buda atum]

Also, you might not be producing enough or any coal. And they do become ineffective eventually anyway, so are no good well into the game, which encourages they be replaced with more efficient sources.

Being close to generic specialised coal producing zones help. Warehouse too.

[Aether]

nah its fixed i just need to bulldoze and place new ones

[DP Bowie]

Originally posted by Aether:

pls help. my city is crumbling bc of this

What map did you use?

In the beginning of the game, there should be enough coal sources to power up the power plants. Even I could place 4 coal power plants in my first tile map without that issue.

As the game progress gradually and your citizens increased, the more advanced & more efficient power plants will be unlocked (like solar power plant) and you should leave(a.k.a, demolish) the coal one.

Another source of problem could be like what MaxFX said. Bad traffics would cause many problems.

[OneJasonBradly]

Power plants like the coal power plant need to be refilled with fuel when they run out. If you do not extract or mine these fuels it will be delivered to the plant by trucks from out side of your map (off map connection). If you are having a problem with trucks arriving in time and the plant runs out of fuel all the time. This mean the delivery trucks are delivering to industry first before getting to the power plant(s). So have a look at the traffic in your industry area and improve where you can. You can, as you have done just remove the empty plane and replace it for a new one which comes full of coal but for the long term it is better to fix the traffic issues holding up delivery.

Below is a short video of one of the main reasons for deliveries of fuel to be late and ideas to fix. Like moving power plants to industry area, since delivery trucks frequent industry first.
https://youtu.be/FM7T4577ChE

[MarkJohnson]

I always place my oil and ore power plants at the highway entrances, so they can be the first for delivery. If you put them very deep in your district, they can be delayed for a while and you run out of fuel in the mean time.

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by Aether:

nah its fixed i just need to bulldoze and place new ones

This could get expensive very quickly and use up a lot of money early game. It's better to plan your layout a little better so oil and ore have better routes (or placed more strategically)

I place mine at the highway entrance and in my industry.

[OneJasonBradly]

Originally posted by MarkJohnson:

I always place my oil and ore power plants at the highway entrances, so they can be the first for delivery. If you put them very deep in your district, they can be delayed for a while and you run out of fuel in the mean time.

The fact it is by the highway does not ensure first delivery by any means. I thought this too but it is not so. In my all my generators are set at the highways and yet very rarely do I see them getting first delivery. It happens just like you see in the video above. The generator was their third delivery in the video and the power facility was just off the highway.

[Tsubame ⭐]

Improve traffic access to the coal power plant. Ensure vehicles can get there in the first place.

If you have a very large city, then it could be you are hitting the vehicle limit.

If you are willing to use mods, you could use the Infinite Goods, and this problem, and anything else that requires goods or materials to be supplied, will be gone, independently of the reason why the power plant has no fuel.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=725555912

[Aether]

thank u all guys for the tips

[Doc001]

Originally posted by Aether:

nah its fixed i just need to bulldoze and place new ones

I guess you could keep doing that. Or you could try to find out why.