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kilowatt | 1 000 000 kW | 2 000 000 kW | 3 000 000 kW | 4 000 000 kW | 5 000 000 kW | 6 000 000 kW | 7 000 000 kW | 8 000 000 kW | 9 000 000 kW | 10 000 000 kW | 11 000 000 kW | 12 000 000 kW | 13 000 000 kW | 14 000 000 kW | 15 000 000 kW | 16 000 000 kW | 17 000 000 kW | 18 000 000 kW | 19 000 000 kW | 20 000 000 kW | 21 000 000 kW | 22 000 000 kW | 23 000 000 kW | 24 000 000 kW | 25 000 000 kW | 26 000 000 kW | 27 000 000 kW | 28 000 000 kW | 29 000 000 kW | 30 000 000 kW | 31 000 000 kW | 32 000 000 kW | 33 000 000 kW | 34 000 000 kW | 35 000 000 kW | 36 000 000 kW | 37 000 000 kW | 38 000 000 kW | 39 000 000 kW | 40 000 000 kW | 41 000 000 kW | 42 000 000 kW | 43 000 000 kW | 44 000 000 kW | 45 000 000 kW | 46 000 000 kW | 47 000 000 kW | 48 000 000 kW | 49 000 000 kW | 50 000 000 kW | 51 000 000 kW | 52 000 000 kW | 53 000 000 kW | 54 000 000 kW | 55 000 000 kW | 56 000 000 kW | 57 000 000 kW | 58 000 000 kW | 59 000 000 kW | 60 000 000 kW | 61 000 000 kW | 62 000 000 kW | 63 000 000 kW | 64 000 000 kW | 65 000 000 kW | 66 000 000 kW | 67 000 000 kW | 68 000 000 kW | 69 000 000 kW | 70 000 000 kW | 71 000 000 kW | 72 000 000 kW | 73 000 000 kW | 74 000 000 kW | 75 000 000 kW | 76 000 000 kW | 77 000 000 kW | 78 000 000 kW | 79 000 000 kW | 80 000 000 kW | 81 000 000 kW | 82 000 000 kW | 83 000 000 kW | 84 000 000 kW | 85 000 000 kW | 86 000 000 kW | 87 000 000 kW | 88 000 000 kW | 89 000 000 kW | 90 000 000 kW | 91 000 000 kW | 92 000 000 kW | 93 000 000 kW | 94 000 000 kW | 95 000 000 kW | 96 000 000 kW | 97 000 000 kW | 98 000 000 kW | 99 000 000 kW | 100 000 000 kW |
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.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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gigawatt | GW | = 109 W | = 109 W | Metric system SI |
gigawatts | kilowatts | gigawatts | kilowatts |
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1 | = 1000000 | 6 | = 6000000 |
2 | = 2000000 | 7 | = 7000000 |
3 | = 3000000 | 8 | = 8000000 |
4 | = 4000000 | 9 | = 9000000 |
5 | = 5000000 | 10 | = 10000000 |
The kilowatt (kW) is equal to one thousand (103) watts. This unit is typically used to express the output power of engines and the power of electric motors, tools, machines, and heaters. It is also a common unit used to express the electromagnetic power output of broadcast radio and television transmitters.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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kilowatt | kW | = 103 W | = 103 W | Metric system SI |
kilowatts | gigawatts | kilowatts | gigawatts |
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1 | = 1.0E-6 | 6 | = 6.0E-6 |
2 | = 2.0E-6 | 7 | = 7.0E-6 |
3 | = 3.0E-6 | 8 | = 8.0E-6 |
4 | = 4.0E-6 | 9 | = 9.0E-6 |
5 | = 5.0E-6 | 10 | = 1.0E-5 |
gigawatts | kilowatts |
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1 | = 1 000 000 |
1.0 × 10-6 | = 1 |
You can find the conversion in other languages in the following:
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |