It requires sunlight to provide power.
Astroneer how to get the solar panel to power base.
Small solar panels are crafted in your backpack s printer using copper this kind of panel can be placed on any item slot but in the backpack it will only produce power when placed on one of the widget slots see image on the right.
Notice the two blue ghost cables.
The medium solar panel is one of the power generators in astroneer it can be placed on two adjacent slots on a platform or vehicle.
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It only produces power when exposed to sunlight.
When exposed to light the panel will orient itself automatically toward the sun if possible and produce 0 5u s of power or enough to fill one bar on a.
The two panels are folded upward over the center when it is not exposed to sunlight.
Click each of them to connect a cable to both ends of your base.
Power will now run through your base as expected.