What you want to avoid is to place down a building and lack energy, as it will not only stop building immediately but also remain in its vulnerable construction state for a longer time. This is why it is always recommended to accommodate the energy requirements beforehand before adding new buildings.

This foresight will also help you to get buildings built quicker. For example it is impossible to place down an Avia Factory at HQ1, but you can still build the required Power Plant during the Headquarters upgrade enabling you to immediately start construction of the Avia Factory after it is finished.

On the topic of Headquarters it has to be said that they also offer a small amount of energy which increases with each HQ level so a Power Plant might not always be necessary.

It's a common tactic to snipe Power Plants with Vertex or Hawks to disable your defensive buildings in your base. There are a few options to counter this:

• Build your Anti Air close to your Power Plants

• Build more Power Plants than you need (recommended for lategame only due to their resource cost)

• Use Emergency Boosts as they can give you a temporary bonus of 100 to 600 energy