Power, Energy, and cables

When a generator looks paused or a crafter refuses to speed up, the 0.8 Energy rules are still the ones the developers printed. Energy is global. A generator and a crafting building do not have to stand inside the farm ring, and you do not run a cable across the map to make the link exist. The word cables shows up in searches. The published system is a shared Energy pool, not a wire puzzle

If the pool meets the minimum, constructs and drones become Energized and work at about 2.5 times speed. That multiplier is the Automation Update's figure. If the pool is short, they fall back to normal speed. The same note says they do not stop.

Which generators exist

The Combustion Generator burns fuel for Energy and unlocked at Milestone 5, with tiers II and III at Milestones 8 and 10 in the 0.8 track. The Solar Generator unlocked at Milestone 12 and makes Energy with no fuel. 1.0 did not add another generator tier. It added Fuel Mixer II and III. Drone stations have used Energy instead of fuel since the Automation Update.

Per-building Energy costs and per-generator output were not in the notes or the wiki pages A screenshot of a mech screen is not a generator spec, and