Powah works with plain FE (Forge Energy), so its generators, cells and cables also connect to other FE mods. Almost every block exists in seven tiers: Starter, Basic, Hardened, Blazing, Niotic, Spirited and Nitro. You start with Starter blocks made from vanilla materials; every later tier needs a material from the 
Energizing Orb. This page follows Powah 6.2.10 for Minecraft 1.21.1; numbers are from the default settings.
1. Dielectric Paste, rods and the casing
Dielectric Paste goes into nearly every recipe. Three coal or charcoal, two 
Clay Balls and a 
Lava Bucket give 24 paste; two coal or charcoal, one clay ball and 
Blaze Powder give 16. Paste and 
Iron Bars make 8 
Dielectric Rods or 8 
horizontal rods (the two kinds convert 1:1), and four iron ingots with two rods of each kind make the 
Dielectric Casing, the frame inside almost every machine.
3 × any Coal (#minecraft:coals) + 2 × Clay Ball + Lava Bucket → 24 × Dielectric Paste
2 × any Coal (#minecraft:coals) + Clay Ball + Blaze Powder → 16 × Dielectric Paste
6 × Dielectric Paste + 3 × Iron Bars → 8 × Dielectric Rod
6 × Dielectric Paste + 3 × Iron Bars → 8 × Dielectric Rod (Horizontal)
4 × Iron Ingot + 2 × Dielectric Rod (Horizontal) + 2 × Dielectric Rod → Dielectric Casing
Combine paste with a book for the in-game 
Manual (Powah!) — it explains every block.
2. Capacitors
Four iron ingots, two paste and a 
Block of Redstone give four 
Basic Capacitors. One Basic Capacitor splits into two 
Basic Capacitor (Tiny)s — the capacitor of every Starter block — and two combine into a 
Basic Capacitor (Large), which every higher capacitor is built around.
4 × Iron Ingot + 2 × Dielectric Paste + Block of Redstone → 4 × Basic Capacitor
Basic Capacitor → 2 × Basic Capacitor (Tiny)
2 × Basic Capacitor → Basic Capacitor (Large)
3. The first generator
All Starter generators are a Dielectric Casing with two Tiny Capacitors and make 20 FE/t with a 20,000 FE buffer. Pick the one that suits your base:
Furnator (Starter) — burns solid furnace fuel. In the default settings every fuel tick is worth 30 FE; the mod's guide says higher tiers burn the fuel faster for the same energy per fuel tick. Recipe: a furnace and five paste.
Magmator (Starter) — burns lava. Recipe: a bucket and five paste.
Solar Panel (Starter) — needs sunlight and nothing above it that blocks light. Recipe: three 
Photoelectric Panes (paste, lapis lazuli and a glass pane) and three paste.
Thermo Generator (Starter) — stands on a heat source and needs a coolant fluid such as water. Heat sources in the mod's data: lava, Magma Blocks and the 
Block Of Blazing Crystal. Recipe: three 
Thermo Plates (blaze powder, redstone and a Tiny Capacitor) and three paste.
5 × Dielectric Paste + 2 × Basic Capacitor (Tiny) + Dielectric Casing + Furnace → Furnator (Starter)
5 × Dielectric Paste + 2 × Basic Capacitor (Tiny) + Dielectric Casing + Bucket → Magmator (Starter)
3 × Photoelectric Pane + 2 × Basic Capacitor (Tiny) + Dielectric Casing + 3 × Dielectric Paste → Solar Panel (Starter)
Any #c:glass_panes- Glass Pane
- White Stained Glass Pane
- Orange Stained Glass Pane
- Magenta Stained Glass Pane
- Light Blue Stained Glass Pane
- Yellow Stained Glass Pane
- Lime Stained Glass Pane
- Pink Stained Glass Pane
- Gray Stained Glass Pane
- Light Gray Stained Glass Pane
- Cyan Stained Glass Pane
- Purple Stained Glass Pane
- + 5 more
4 × Dielectric Paste + 4 × Lapis Lazuli + any Glass Pane (#c:glass_panes) → Photoelectric Pane
3 × Dielectric Paste + 2 × Basic Capacitor (Tiny) + Dielectric Casing + 3 × Thermo Plate → Thermo Generator (Starter)
4 × Blaze Powder + 4 × Redstone Dust + Basic Capacitor (Tiny) → Thermo Plate
4. Storage, cables and the Wrench
The 
Energy Cell (Starter) (four Tiny Capacitors, four iron ingots and a casing) stores 1,000,000 FE and moves 1,000 FE/t. Six horizontal rods, two iron nuggets and a Tiny Capacitor give 12 
Energy Cable (Starter)s that carry 500 FE/t. The 
Wrench has three modes: Config sets the input/output of a cable side, Link links Energizing Orbs and Rods, and Rotate turns blocks.
4 × Iron Ingot + 4 × Basic Capacitor (Tiny) + Dielectric Casing → Energy Cell (Starter)
6 × Dielectric Rod (Horizontal) + 2 × Iron Nugget + Basic Capacitor (Tiny) → 12 × Energy Cable (Starter)
2 × Iron Ingot + 3 × Dielectric Paste → Wrench
5. The Energizing Orb
The Energizing Orb (five glass blocks, a casing and three horizontal rods) makes the materials of every higher tier. It uses no power itself: at least one 
Energizing Rod (Starter) must stand within range — 9×9 in the guide — and each rod must be placed on a cable or another FE block. The first useful recipe is 
Energized Steel: an iron ingot and a gold ingot give two for 10,000 FE. All energizing recipes and the rod speeds are on Powah: Energizing Orb Recipes and Tiers.
Any #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
Any #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
Any #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
Any #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
Any #c:glass_blocks- Glass
- White Stained Glass
- Orange Stained Glass
- Magenta Stained Glass
- Light Blue Stained Glass
- Yellow Stained Glass
- Lime Stained Glass
- Pink Stained Glass
- Gray Stained Glass
- Light Gray Stained Glass
- Cyan Stained Glass
- Purple Stained Glass
- + 6 more
5 × any Glass (#c:glass_blocks) + Dielectric Casing + 3 × Dielectric Rod (Horizontal) → Energizing Orb
Nether Quartz + 2 × Basic Capacitor (Tiny) + Dielectric Casing + Dielectric Rod → Energizing Rod (Starter)
any Iron Ingot + any Gold Ingot → 2 × Energized Steel
6. Moving up the tiers
Each tier has its own material and capacitor. Four paste, four of the material and one Large Basic Capacitor make the capacitor of that tier (two for Hardened and Blazing, one for the others). Generators, Energy Cells, Energizing Rods, Energy Hoppers, Player Transmitters and Batteries are upgrade recipes: the block of the tier below goes in together with the new tier's capacitors.
| Tier | Material | How you get it |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | Tiny Capacitor | crafting |
| Basic | iron ingots, Basic Capacitor | crafting |
| Hardened | Energized Steel | iron + gold, 10,000 FE |
| Blazing |  Blazing Crystal | 4 blaze powder or a blaze rod, 120,000 FE |
| Niotic |  Niotic Crystal | a diamond, 300,000 FE |
| Spirited |  Spirited Crystal | an emerald, 1,000,000 FE |
| Nitro |  Nitro Crystal | Nether Star + 2 redstone blocks + Block of Blazing Crystal, 20,000,000 FE for 16 |
4 × Dielectric Paste + 4 × Energized Steel + Basic Capacitor (Large) → 2 × Hardened Capacitor
5 × Iron Ingot + 2 × Basic Capacitor + Dielectric Casing + Furnator (Starter) → Furnator (Basic)
5 × Energized Steel + 2 × Hardened Capacitor + Dielectric Casing + Furnator (Basic) → Furnator (Hardened)
7. What to build next
- Reactor: the
Reactor (Starter) is a multiblock fuelled by 
Uraninite. 
Uraninite Ore generates in the Overworld below Y 20 (the Poor ore up to Y 64, the Dense ore below Y 0); 
Dry Ice cools it. - Wireless power: an
Ender Core goes into 
Ender Cells and 
Ender Gates, which share energy on channels of your Ender network. - Charging:
Batteries charge your items, 
Energy Hoppers charge items in a chest, and the 
Player Transmitter (Starter) charges a bound player wirelessly. - Lightning: a snowball energized with 500,000 FE becomes a
Charged Snowball that calls lightning where it lands.