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Quick Look: gigawatts to petawatts

gigawatt1 GW2 GW3 GW4 GW5 GW6 GW7 GW8 GW9 GW10 GW11 GW12 GW13 GW14 GW15 GW16 GW17 GW18 GW19 GW20 GW21 GW22 GW23 GW24 GW25 GW26 GW27 GW28 GW29 GW30 GW31 GW32 GW33 GW34 GW35 GW36 GW37 GW38 GW39 GW40 GW41 GW42 GW43 GW44 GW45 GW46 GW47 GW48 GW49 GW50 GW51 GW52 GW53 GW54 GW55 GW56 GW57 GW58 GW59 GW60 GW61 GW62 GW63 GW64 GW65 GW66 GW67 GW68 GW69 GW70 GW71 GW72 GW73 GW74 GW75 GW76 GW77 GW78 GW79 GW80 GW81 GW82 GW83 GW84 GW85 GW86 GW87 GW88 GW89 GW90 GW91 GW92 GW93 GW94 GW95 GW96 GW97 GW98 GW99 GW100 GW
petawatt1.0 × 10-6 PW2.0 × 10-6 PW3.0 × 10-6 PW4.0 × 10-6 PW5.0 × 10-6 PW6.0 × 10-6 PW7.0 × 10-6 PW8.0 × 10-6 PW9.0 × 10-6 PW1.0 × 10-5 PW1.1 × 10-5 PW1.2 × 10-5 PW1.3 × 10-5 PW1.4 × 10-5 PW1.5 × 10-5 PW1.6 × 10-5 PW1.7 × 10-5 PW1.8 × 10-5 PW1.9 × 10-5 PW2.0 × 10-5 PW2.1 × 10-5 PW2.2 × 10-5 PW2.3 × 10-5 PW2.4 × 10-5 PW2.5 × 10-5 PW2.6 × 10-5 PW2.7 × 10-5 PW2.8 × 10-5 PW2.9 × 10-5 PW3.0 × 10-5 PW3.1 × 10-5 PW3.2 × 10-5 PW3.3 × 10-5 PW3.4 × 10-5 PW3.5 × 10-5 PW3.6 × 10-5 PW3.7 × 10-5 PW3.8 × 10-5 PW3.9 × 10-5 PW4.0 × 10-5 PW4.1 × 10-5 PW4.2 × 10-5 PW4.3 × 10-5 PW4.4 × 10-5 PW4.5 × 10-5 PW4.6 × 10-5 PW4.7 × 10-5 PW4.8 × 10-5 PW4.9 × 10-5 PW5.0 × 10-5 PW5.1 × 10-5 PW5.2 × 10-5 PW5.3 × 10-5 PW5.4 × 10-5 PW5.5 × 10-5 PW5.6 × 10-5 PW5.7 × 10-5 PW5.8 × 10-5 PW5.9 × 10-5 PW6.0 × 10-5 PW6.1 × 10-5 PW6.2 × 10-5 PW6.3 × 10-5 PW6.4 × 10-5 PW6.5 × 10-5 PW6.6 × 10-5 PW6.7 × 10-5 PW6.8 × 10-5 PW6.9 × 10-5 PW7.0 × 10-5 PW7.1 × 10-5 PW7.2 × 10-5 PW7.3 × 10-5 PW7.4 × 10-5 PW7.5 × 10-5 PW7.6 × 10-5 PW7.7 × 10-5 PW7.8 × 10-5 PW7.9 × 10-5 PW8.0 × 10-5 PW8.1 × 10-5 PW8.2 × 10-5 PW8.3 × 10-5 PW8.4 × 10-5 PW8.5 × 10-5 PW8.6 × 10-5 PW8.7 × 10-5 PW8.8 × 10-5 PW8.9 × 10-5 PW9.0 × 10-5 PW9.1 × 10-5 PW9.2 × 10-5 PW9.3 × 10-5 PW9.4 × 10-5 PW9.5 × 10-5 PW9.6 × 10-5 PW9.7 × 10-5 PW9.8 × 10-5 PW9.9 × 10-5 PW0.0001 PW

Gigawatts [ GW ]

The gigawatt (GW) is equal to one billion (109) watts or 1 gigawatt = 1000 megawatts. This unit is often used for large power plants or power grids. For example, by the end of 2010 power shortages in China's Shanxi province were expected to increase to 5–6 GW and the installed capacity of wind power in Germany was 25.8 GW. The largest unit (out of four) of the Belgian Doel Nuclear Power Station has a peak output of 1.04 GW. HVDC converters have been built with power ratings of up to 2 GW.

conversion table

1 gigawatts =
1.0E-6 petawatts
6 gigawatts
= 6.0E-6 petawatts
2 gigawatts =
2.0E-6 petawatts
7 gigawatts
= 7.0E-6 petawatts
3 gigawatts =
3.0E-6 petawatts
8 gigawatts
= 8.0E-6 petawatts
4 gigawatts =
4.0E-6 petawatts
9 gigawatts
= 9.0E-6 petawatts
5 gigawatts =
5.0E-6 petawatts
10 gigawatts
= 1.0E-5 petawatts

Petawatts [ PW ]

The petawatt (PW) is equal to one quadrillion (1015) watts and can be produced by the current generation of lasers for time-scales on the order of picoseconds (10−12 s). One such laser is the Lawrence Livermore's Nova laser, which achieved a power output of 1.25 PW (1.25×1015 W) by a process called chirped pulse amplification. The duration of the pulse was roughly 0.5 ps (5×10−13 s), giving a total energy of 600 J.

conversion table

1 petawatts =
1000000 gigawatts
6 petawatts =
6000000 gigawatts
2 petawatts =
2000000 gigawatts
7 petawatts =
7000000 gigawatts
3 petawatts =
3000000 gigawatts
8 petawatts =
8000000 gigawatts
4 petawatts =
4000000 gigawatts
9 petawatts =
9000000 gigawatts
5 petawatts =
5000000 gigawatts
10 petawatts =
10000000 gigawatts