Minecraft

Advanced Solar Panel Mod Tutorial for Minecraft (IndustrialCraft 2 Expansion 1)

Yi Pian Huang Jin·7/18/2025

Introduction to Advanced Solar Panel Mod

Advanced Solar is one of the popular expansion mods for IndustrialCraft 2 players, providing convenient ways to produce iridium ore and nether stars, while a series of solar generators help solve power generation issues to some extent.

Types of Solar Generators

Advanced Solar Generator

Crafted from basic solar generators.

Generates 8EU/t during day, 1EU/t at night, with maximum output of 32EU/t

Hybrid Solar Generator

Crafted from advanced solar generators

Generates 64EU/t during day, 8EU/t at night, with maximum output of 128EU/t

Ultimate Hybrid Solar Generator

512EU/t during day

64EU/t at night

Maximum output 512EU/t

Quantum Solar Generator

Daytime generation: 4096 EU/t

Nighttime generation: 2048 EU/t

Maximum output: 8192EU/t

Quantum Generator

Unobtainable in survival mode, creative-mode only.

Infinite power generation (output can be freely adjusted).

Molecular Transformer

This is the most important machine in the entire mod, primarily used to convert iron ingots to iridium ore and wither skeleton skulls to nether stars.

Iron Ingot to Iridium Ore

  • Input: Iron Ingot
  • Output: Iridium Ore
  • Energy required: 9,000,000 EU
  • EU/t: 0
  • Progress: 0%

Wither Skeleton Skull to Nether Star

  • Input: Wither Skeleton Skull
  • Output: Nether Star
  • Energy required: 250,000,000 EU
  • EU/t: 0
  • Progress: 0%

Note: Many servers modify the Molecular Transformer, so the data and recipes here are for reference only.