Mining

Mining (and Oil Pumping) in Power n' Chill is necessary for certain power stations. The Coal Burner for instance requires coal to produce any power. The 4 main resources are Coal, Oil, Uranium and Iron

All mining buildings need power to operate so therefore the map on which you place the mining buildings will require some power stations to be operating. Hover over the building to see how much power is required.

Mining buildings can also use power that is stored, so even if a coal mine uses 80 power to operate and you are only producing 10 power, provided you are not selling your power you can raise your power storage until it hits 80 and then the coal mine will operate for one second granting you some coal. Once you have mined even a little coal you can place a coal burner to help power the coal mine itself.

If you can't get enough power to start mining no matter what you do, place some batteries and remove a few offices and store some power. Create a small stockpile of coal/oil/uranium and then place the buildings to consume them. If all goes well you can remove the batteries and continue on like normal.

Getting Started with Coal
A coal burner needs coal to operate, so therefore you need to mine some coal using wind or solar power first. Once you have a little bit of coal you can then place your coal burner which will help to power the higher usage of the Coal Mine. You can check whether you are producing excess coal by looking under your total coal amount. If you see a negative number for global coal production then you know you will eventually run out and your coal burner will stop making power.