Just exactly what is the energy that the solor and fusion produced used for I can't see how it helps the production of resources my energy has been in the red for a long time and there is no decrese to my production Is there anther use that I just dont see.

Thanks ahead of time for any help anyone can give.

Are you saying what I think you're saying?

Mines need energy to operate. Solar plants, fusion reactors , and solar sats provides that energy. If you only have 50% of the required energy. You will only produce 50% of the maximum output of the mines. With 80 % energy you will only get 80% output and so on.
If you have no energy, you'll only get the basic income (400 metal ; 200 crystal ; 100 deuterium per hour) no matter how high the lvl of your mines are.

You mean to say you have been living off the basic income?
But if your mines are still producing maximum resource output even without energy, it might be a bug. Report it.