bookmark

1 gigawatts = 1 000 megawatts 

Gigawatts to Megawatts Conversion

Gigawatt to megawatt conversion allow you make a conversion between gigawatt and megawatt easily. You can find the tool in the following.

Power Conversion

to

input
= 1,000.00000000
= 10 × 102
= 10E2
= 10e2
converter  table
= 2,000.00000000
= 20 × 102
= 20E2
= 20e2
converter  table
= 3,000.00000000
= 30 × 102
= 30E2
= 30e2
converter  table
= 4,000.00000000
= 40 × 102
= 40E2
= 40e2
converter  table
= 5,000.00000000
= 50 × 102
= 50E2
= 50e2
converter  table

Quick Look: gigawatts to megawatts

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
megawatt1 000 MW2 000 MW3 000 MW4 000 MW5 000 MW6 000 MW7 000 MW8 000 MW9 000 MW10 000 MW11 000 MW12 000 MW13 000 MW14 000 MW15 000 MW16 000 MW17 000 MW18 000 MW19 000 MW20 000 MW21 000 MW22 000 MW23 000 MW24 000 MW25 000 MW26 000 MW27 000 MW28 000 MW29 000 MW30 000 MW31 000 MW32 000 MW33 000 MW34 000 MW35 000 MW36 000 MW37 000 MW38 000 MW39 000 MW40 000 MW41 000 MW42 000 MW43 000 MW44 000 MW45 000 MW46 000 MW47 000 MW48 000 MW49 000 MW50 000 MW51 000 MW52 000 MW53 000 MW54 000 MW55 000 MW56 000 MW57 000 MW58 000 MW59 000 MW60 000 MW61 000 MW62 000 MW63 000 MW64 000 MW65 000 MW66 000 MW67 000 MW68 000 MW69 000 MW70 000 MW71 000 MW72 000 MW73 000 MW74 000 MW75 000 MW76 000 MW77 000 MW78 000 MW79 000 MW80 000 MW81 000 MW82 000 MW83 000 MW84 000 MW85 000 MW86 000 MW87 000 MW88 000 MW89 000 MW90 000 MW91 000 MW92 000 MW93 000 MW94 000 MW95 000 MW96 000 MW97 000 MW98 000 MW99 000 MW100 000 MW

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 unitSymbolDefinitionRelation to SI unitsUnit System
gigawattGW

=  109 W

=  109 W

Metric system SI
Gigawatts Conversion

conversion table

gigawattsmegawattsgigawattsmegawatts
1= 10006= 6000
2= 20007= 7000
3= 30008= 8000
4= 40009= 9000
5= 500010= 10000
Gigawatts to Megawatts Conversion Table

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.

Name of unitSymbolDefinitionRelation to SI unitsUnit System
megawattMW

=  106 W

=  106 W

Metric system SI
Megawatts Conversion

conversion table

megawattsgigawattsmegawattsgigawatts
1= 0.0016= 0.006
2= 0.0027= 0.007
3= 0.0038= 0.008
4= 0.0049= 0.009
5= 0.00510= 0.01
Megawatts to Gigawatts Conversion Table

Conversion table

gigawattsmegawatts
1= 1 000
0.001= 1
Gigawatts to Megawatts Conversion Table

Popular conversions

Popular units

Conversion in other languages

You can find the conversion in other languages in the following:

Legend

SymbolDefinition
≡exactly equal
≈approximately equal to
=equal to
digitsindicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …)
  4. Gigawatts to Megawatts