6 HP boilers is just about right to keep 1 Fermenter busy all the time. And, you'll know if you have too many Stills if a single one has an output buffer full of orange Ethanol (Biofuel). Then again, you may want to have exactly 1 Still full of Ethanol just so you don't risk starving a boiler.
Also, I remembered that you will probably need more than 1 squeezer. You might need 2 or 3 squeezers total. But, again, easy to tell if you too many or not enough. You'll either have 1 sitting idle all the time or your Fermenter will be starved of fruit juice.
You will be using well over 100 MJ/t (1,000 RF/t) of power to run a Forestry-based Ethanol production system capable of keeping six(6) 36HP boilers at full steam, but the efficiency more than makes up for it if you have bred saplings.
The difference between vanilla saplings and bred saplings in terms of net MJ/t per square meter of farmland is well in excess of 20x, at least based upon my experience.
Also, I remembered that you will probably need more than 1 squeezer. You might need 2 or 3 squeezers total. But, again, easy to tell if you too many or not enough. You'll either have 1 sitting idle all the time or your Fermenter will be starved of fruit juice.
You will be using well over 100 MJ/t (1,000 RF/t) of power to run a Forestry-based Ethanol production system capable of keeping six(6) 36HP boilers at full steam, but the efficiency more than makes up for it if you have bred saplings.
The difference between vanilla saplings and bred saplings in terms of net MJ/t per square meter of farmland is well in excess of 20x, at least based upon my experience.
