Generator

The term "generator" or "fueled generator" may refer to a number of different items in RimWorld.

These include:

• Wood-fired generator - a wood-powered power source, known as a fueled generator prior to Beta 18.
• Chemfuel powered generator - a chemfuel-powered power source, more efficient than its wood-fired counterpart.
• Solar generator - aka a "solar panel", it converts sunlight to power.
• Geothermal generator - that converts the heat from geysers into power.
• Watermill generator - that relies on moving water to create power.
• Tornado generator - a single-use utility item that can be used to create an uncontrollable tornado.
• Ancient generator - a non-functional structure found in ruins.
• Toxifier generator - that generates large amounts of power in exchange for pollution.
• Bioferrite generator - a bioferrite powered power source.

"Generator" may also be used generally to refer to any structure that creates power. Not including those listed above, these include:

• Wind turbine - that converts wind into some-what intermittent power.
• Ship reactor - that creates a perpetual supply of power and is necessary for the Ship Launch ending, but calls raids for 15 days upon activation
• Vanometric power cell - that creates perpetual supply of power that cannot be constructed and is only available as a quest reward.
• Unstable power cell - that creates perpetual supply of power that cannot be constructed and is only available from mech clusters. Results in a massive explosion when damaged.