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| petawatt | 1.0 × 10-9 PW | 2.0 × 10-9 PW | 3.0 × 10-9 PW | 4.0 × 10-9 PW | 5.0 × 10-9 PW | 6.0 × 10-9 PW | 7.0 × 10-9 PW | 8.0 × 10-9 PW | 9.0 × 10-9 PW | 1.0 × 10-8 PW | 1.1 × 10-8 PW | 1.2 × 10-8 PW | 1.3 × 10-8 PW | 1.4 × 10-8 PW | 1.5 × 10-8 PW | 1.6 × 10-8 PW | 1.7 × 10-8 PW | 1.8 × 10-8 PW | 1.9 × 10-8 PW | 2.0 × 10-8 PW | 2.1 × 10-8 PW | 2.2 × 10-8 PW | 2.3 × 10-8 PW | 2.4 × 10-8 PW | 2.5 × 10-8 PW | 2.6 × 10-8 PW | 2.7 × 10-8 PW | 2.8 × 10-8 PW | 2.9 × 10-8 PW | 3.0 × 10-8 PW | 3.1 × 10-8 PW | 3.2 × 10-8 PW | 3.3 × 10-8 PW | 3.4 × 10-8 PW | 3.5 × 10-8 PW | 3.6 × 10-8 PW | 3.7 × 10-8 PW | 3.8 × 10-8 PW | 3.9 × 10-8 PW | 4.0 × 10-8 PW | 4.1 × 10-8 PW | 4.2 × 10-8 PW | 4.3 × 10-8 PW | 4.4 × 10-8 PW | 4.5 × 10-8 PW | 4.6 × 10-8 PW | 4.7 × 10-8 PW | 4.8 × 10-8 PW | 4.9 × 10-8 PW | 5.0 × 10-8 PW | 5.1 × 10-8 PW | 5.2 × 10-8 PW | 5.3 × 10-8 PW | 5.4 × 10-8 PW | 5.5 × 10-8 PW | 5.6 × 10-8 PW | 5.7 × 10-8 PW | 5.8 × 10-8 PW | 5.9 × 10-8 PW | 6.0 × 10-8 PW | 6.1 × 10-8 PW | 6.2 × 10-8 PW | 6.3 × 10-8 PW | 6.4 × 10-8 PW | 6.5 × 10-8 PW | 6.6 × 10-8 PW | 6.7 × 10-8 PW | 6.8 × 10-8 PW | 6.9 × 10-8 PW | 7.0 × 10-8 PW | 7.1 × 10-8 PW | 7.2 × 10-8 PW | 7.3 × 10-8 PW | 7.4 × 10-8 PW | 7.5 × 10-8 PW | 7.6 × 10-8 PW | 7.7 × 10-8 PW | 7.8 × 10-8 PW | 7.9 × 10-8 PW | 8.0 × 10-8 PW | 8.1 × 10-8 PW | 8.2 × 10-8 PW | 8.3 × 10-8 PW | 8.4 × 10-8 PW | 8.5 × 10-8 PW | 8.6 × 10-8 PW | 8.7 × 10-8 PW | 8.8 × 10-8 PW | 8.9 × 10-8 PW | 9.0 × 10-8 PW | 9.1 × 10-8 PW | 9.2 × 10-8 PW | 9.3 × 10-8 PW | 9.4 × 10-8 PW | 9.5 × 10-8 PW | 9.6 × 10-8 PW | 9.7 × 10-8 PW | 9.8 × 10-8 PW | 9.9 × 10-8 PW | 1.0 × 10-7 PW |
The megawatt (MW) is equal to one million (106) watts. Many events or machines produce or sustain the conversion of energy on this scale, including large electric motors; large warships such as aircraft carriers, cruisers, and submarines; large server farms or data centers; and some scientific research equipment, such as supercolliders, and the output pulses of very large lasers. A large residential or commercial building may use several megawatts in electric power and heat. On railways, modern high-powered electric locomotives typically have a peak power output of 5 or 6 MW, although some produce much more. The Eurostar, for example, uses more than 12 MW, while heavy diesel-electric locomotives typically produce/use 3 to 5 MW. U.S. nuclear power plants have net summer capacities between about 500 and 1300 MW.
| 1 megawatts = 1.0E-9 petawatts | 6 megawatts = 6.0E-9 petawatts |
| 2 megawatts = 2.0E-9 petawatts | 7 megawatts = 7.0E-9 petawatts |
| 3 megawatts = 3.0E-9 petawatts | 8 megawatts = 8.0E-9 petawatts |
| 4 megawatts = 4.0E-9 petawatts | 9 megawatts = 9.0E-9 petawatts |
| 5 megawatts = 5.0E-9 petawatts | 10 megawatts = 1.0E-8 petawatts |
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.
| 1 petawatts = 1000000000 megawatts | 6 petawatts = 6000000000 megawatts |
| 2 petawatts = 2000000000 megawatts | 7 petawatts = 7000000000 megawatts |
| 3 petawatts = 3000000000 megawatts | 8 petawatts = 8000000000 megawatts |
| 4 petawatts = 4000000000 megawatts | 9 petawatts = 9000000000 megawatts |
| 5 petawatts = 5000000000 megawatts | 10 petawatts = 10000000000 megawatts |
| 1 megawatts = 1.0 × 10-9 petawatts |
| 1 petawatts = 1 000 000 000 megawatts |