Power Plants+

Power Plants+ (PPP) is a mod that aims to lightly rework the Power Plants building to add a little more flexibility in power generation options as well as adding a late-game mechanic for transporting electricity to neighboring states.

PPP changes the Power Plants PMs such that the base PM no longer dictates both the input and output. The base PM now only determines the fuel source – hydroelectric requires no fuel, coal-fired uses coal, and oil-fired uses oil – and output is now dictated by Generation Machinery and Power Distribution PMs. Generation Machinery allows you to use simpler steam engines for electrical output without researching any other techs, as well as upgrade them to steam and gas turbines with the corresponding technologies to significantly boost electricity output. Power Distribution lets you choose between local power generation – generating electricity directly for local consumption – or grid generation, letting you use your plants to power an electrical grid.

Electrical Grid buildings can be unlocked with a new era 5 production tech named Power Transmission. Power Plants on grid distribution will generate High-Voltage Power instead of normal electricity. Unlike electricity, HV power can be traded between states (but not with foreign nations), and can thus allow a power plant in one state to supply electricity to others. To do this, Electrical Grid buildings must be constructed in states that either have a power plant or in states adjacent to an existing Electrical Grid building. These buildings will accept HV Power and convert it back into normal electricity for use in buildings and pops. It is also more efficient, providing twice the amount of electricity for a given fuel input.

Due to how the code was written as a result of technical restraints, the Power Distribution PMs can’t be changed en masse from the Buildings panel or the Building Registry if they all have the same PM active. In order to unlock the ability to change them en masse again, at least one Power Plant needs to have a different Power Distribution PM active. This can be done by selecting an individual Power Plant and changing either its Power Distribution PM or changing the base PM (fuel source).

• Français / French

Users playing with Industry Expanded should use this compatibility patch.

If you are having issues with other mods removing the production methods or production method groups added by Power Plants+ and there are no compatibility patches available on the Workshop or elsewhere for you to use, you can try the Power Plants+ – Quick Fix patch.

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PPP overwrites the Power Plants building definition and its production methods. As such, any mod that messes with the Power Plants building or its PMs may cause PPP to break. This includes VTM.

It also overwrites the graphics asset for the Electricity good, but not the good definition itself. Mods that change the Electricity good will be compatible with PPP. Mods that change the graphics for the Electricity good may cause a graphical conflict with PPP, but it should be purely visual and functionality should not otherwise be affected.

The Power Transmission technology added by PPP requires Electrical Capacitors to be unlocked. Any mod that removes this technology from the game will cause issues with PPP.

All other mods should work.

The positioning of PPP with respect to other mods should not matter, except in the case of certain compatibility patches.
Follow any instructions provided by compatibility patch mods.

If you are having issues with other, unrelated mods, place PPP lower (towards the bottom) in your playset.

This mod does not rely on any DLC features, so you should not need any DLCs.

• YES, you may include this mod in any modpacks/collections/whatever.
• YES, you may use this mod as a base to create your own. Credit and a link back here would be very much appreciated!
• YES, you may translate this mod into other languages.

• BobbyBob for the French translation

• GitHub repository (TBA)
• Victoria 3 Modding Co-op Discord server[discord.gg]