Adds an electric boiler that turns electricity into 165 C steam (1.8 MW, same rate as the vanilla boiler). Useful when you need steam for recipes such as coal liquefaction without burning fuel - run it from solar, accumulators, or surplus grid power.
Providing the player with new tools or adjusting the game interface, without fundamentally changing gameplay.
Version: 0.1.0
Date: 26.07.2026
Changes:
- Initial release for Factorio 2.1 as Simple Electric Boiler, based on Mobius1's Electric Boiler.
- Electric boiler: 1.8 MW, 165 C steam, same throughput as the vanilla boiler.
- No fuel, no pollution; cyan glow graphics from upstream.
- Useful for process steam (e.g. coal liquefaction) from grid power.
- Recipe: 1 boiler + 5 electronic circuits + 5 copper cable.
- Tech: after Steam power + Electronics; 50 automation science @ 15s.