Over the years, the development of the domestic power system has been astonishing!
So astonishing that even a brief power outage feels abnormal, reaching the level of a major news event.
Because of this, Xu Zhengyang had long been accustomed to the endless supply of electricity around him. When building the shelter, he hardly considered the issue of power supply.
It wasn't until the power supply bureau cut off electricity to the factory in the northern suburbs that Xu Zhengyang realized there was such a significant flaw in his shelter! A flaw must be fixed!
Xu Zhengyang thought to himself.
That said...
The methods of power generation that an ordinary person like Xu Zhengyang could afford were indeed few and far between.
The most common thermal power generation was not an option for Xu Zhengyang.
The emissions from a thermal power plant are so substantial that if Xu Zhengyang dared to ignite a fire for power generation, environmental protection and fire safety departments would swarm to his factory the same day to take him away for investigation.
As for hydropower, there were no major rivers in the northern suburbs, and even if there were, Xu Zhengyang couldn't dam a river to build a power station.
Wind power would cost tens of millions; not only could Xu Zhengyang not afford it, but the key issue was that the power supply was also unstable...
After thinking it over, Xu Zhengyang opened his phone and searched for solar power panels in the marketplace, then inquired about their specifications from various suppliers.
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The technology for solar power panels is now quite mature.
Generally speaking, a square meter of solar panel can generate about 150W to 170W of power per hour under sufficient sunlight.
In other words, a square meter of solar panel can generate approximately 0.15 kilowatt-hours of electricity per hour.
Xu Zhengyang's factory is about three thousand square meters.
Even if he set up a frame above the factory and installed solar panels all over, the factory's power generation efficiency would be around 450 kilowatt-hours per hour.
Bai City is located in the northwest.
It is now mid-November.
At this time of year, it only gets light around seven in the morning, and the sun sets around six in the evening.
That's a total of eleven hours of sunlight.
Even if Xu Zhengyang spared no expense and installed a movable frame under the solar panels, allowing them to rotate like sunflowers to follow the sun and maintain optimal power generation efficiency at all times.
But even so, at most, he could generate 4950 kilowatt-hours of electricity in a full day.
And that's under the ideal condition of absolutely sufficient sunlight.
If there were any cloudy or rainy days, the power generated by the solar panels would likely be reduced.
"Not enough power? Then let's increase the area!" At that moment, a fierce glint flashed in Xu Zhengyang's eyes as he made a decision! Who said that just because his factory was three thousand square meters, he could only install three thousand square meters of solar panels? He could take over the large expanse of wasteland behind his lumber factory and install solar panels there—who would stop him? This isn't twenty years ago when even putting up a rain shelter would draw public criticism!
The apocalypse is almost here.
If he continued to be constrained by those rules, when would he ever be able to transform the shelter into a perfect form? With this realization, Xu Zhengyang unhesitatingly took out his phone and called Chen Yong:
"Uncle Chen, I have a job for you. Do you have time?"
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"It's not a big job.
Just building a stainless steel frame around my factory.
The stainless steel frame needs to be remotely adjustable, with a load capacity of one hundred kilograms per square meter."
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"Yes, it's for solar panels, just those two hard requirements."
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"But the boss wants it done quickly; if you can do it fast, the boss will pay more!"
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"Alright, I'll wait for you at home. You go buy the materials first, and bring people over to work tomorrow! Oh, and Uncle Chen, you need to bring a few high-power generators; the industrial power in the northern suburbs has been cut off, so you'll need to use generators to work!"
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"Okay, I'll wait for you!"
After hanging up the phone, Xu Zhengyang felt great and even personally helped the delivery workers unload the goods.
Two hours later, the delivery workers had finished unloading and left the lumber factory one after another.
After bidding them farewell and wiping the sweat from his forehead, Xu Zhengyang returned to his shelter.
Although the power supply bureau had cut off electricity to the lumber factory, fortunately, when Chen Yong previously renovated Xu Zhengyang's shelter, he had installed a set of blade batteries with a capacity of three thousand kilowatt-hours in the distribution room.
With the support of the backup power supply, Xu Zhengyang's Engineering Robot could continue drilling underground.
Because of this, when Xu Zhengyang returned to the shelter, the GX-1 Engineering Robot had already excavated a space of 10 meters by 10 meters underground.
Seeing that there was now enough space underground, Xu Zhengyang immediately chose to complete the task and placed the GX-2 Engineering Robot, which was the reward for the task, in this underground space! "Whoosh!"
With a flash of white light, a robot as tall as a two-story building, resembling a mighty transformer, appeared before him! Xu Zhengyang couldn't wait to use Detection to check its attributes: [GX-2 Large Engineering Robot]
[Attributes]
(Strength: 20 / Agility: 10 / Intelligence: 1 / Spirit: 0 / Stamina: 20)
[Skills]
(Transformation: The GX-2 Large Engineering Robot can transform into various heavy machinery such as a mixer, crane, shield machine, transport vehicle, etc.)
(Construction: The Engineering Robot is proficient in various construction techniques) [Evaluation: GX Heavy Industry, trustworthy!]
"Awesome!!"
After reading the attributes of the GX-2 Large Engineering Robot, Xu Zhengyang was ecstatic! With the GX-2 Engineering Robot, he could excavate a thousand square meters of space in just one night, fulfilling the task requirements! "Let's get started!"
Without wasting any time, Xu Zhengyang immediately operated the two Engineering Robots to work together!
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The Engineering Robot dug while Xu Zhengyang used a space bag to transport the excavated soil out.
Now free from mental constraints, Xu Zhengyang felt unrestrained!
After all, the red brick factory across from his home had long since moved away.
So Xu Zhengyang didn't hold back and simply dumped the newly excavated soil directly into the yard of the red brick factory!
After a busy night, when the overall progress of the project had reached halfway and dawn began to break, Chen Yong arrived outside Xu Zhengyang's shelter with a truck full of workers and two trailers loaded with stainless steel materials.
Xu Zhengyang trusted Chen Yong.
So he didn't hold back, and after explaining how the work should be done, he went out to eat.
The lumber factory was definitely noisy now.
So after eating outside, Xu Zhengyang was too lazy to return and directly found a hotel to crash.
After a whole night of hard work, Xu Zhengyang was utterly exhausted.
*Unloading, digging, pouring foundations, measuring dimensions, cutting steel...
Although there were many and varied tasks, under Chen Yong's command, everything was organized and orderly, with no sign of chaos.
(End of Chapter)