Meaning Gigawatt
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Gigawatt


  One billion watts or one thousand megawatts.
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Gigawatt


One thousand megawatts (1,000 MW) or, one million kilowatts (1,000,000 kW) or one billion watts (1,000,000,000 watts) of electricity. One gigawatt is enough to supply the electric demand of about one [..]
Source: energy.ca.gov

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Gigawatt


One gigawatt equals 1-billion watts, 1-million kilowatts, or 1,000 megawatts. Abbreviates to GW.
Source: platts.com

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Gigawatt


A unit of power equivalent to one billion watts.
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Gigawatt


A unit of power equal to 1 billion watts; 1 million kilowatts, or 1,000 megawatts
Source: energy-services.co.uk

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Gigawatt


One billion watts.
Source: cmegroup.com (offline)

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One gigawatt equals one billion (1,000,000,000) watts, one million (1,000,000) kilowatts, or one thousand (1,000) megawatts.
Source: mge.com (offline)

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Gigawatt


A measure of power. 1GW = 1,000 megawatts (MW).
Source: aglsolar.com.au (offline)

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Gigawatt


A measure of electric capacity equal to 1 billion watts or 1 million kilowatts.
Source: dairylandpower.com (offline)

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Gigawatt


One billion watts
Source: tidalpower.co.uk

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Gigawatt


1,000 megawatts (MW) of capacity. There is approximately 4GW of solar capacity installed in Australia.
Source: solarchoice.net.au

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Gigawatt


 One billion watts.
Source: sunflower.net (offline)

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A measurement of energy equal to one billion watts.
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Gigawatt


A measure of capacity equal to one million kilowatts or one billion Watts.
Source: burstenergy.ca

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Gigawatt


A unit of electrical measure. One thousand megawatts, one million kilowatts, or one billion watts.
Source: solarresourceguide.org

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GW The gigawatt is equal to one billion (10^9) watts or 1 gigawatt = 1000 megawatts. In the electric power industry, gigawatt electrical (abbreviation: GWe or GW(e) is a term that refers to electric p [..]
Source: iaea.org

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Gigawatt


One million kilowatts (one billion Watts).
Source: price-electric.com (offline)

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Gigawatt


One billion watts, or one million kilowatts, or one thousand megawatts.
Source: pvpower.com (offline)

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One thousand megawatts (1,000 MW) or, one million kilowatts (1,000,000 kW) or one billion watts (1,000,000,000 watts) of electricity. One gigawatt is enough to supply the electric demand of about one million average California homes. (SOURCE: California Energy Commission, http://www.consumerenergycenter.org)
Source: aresnorthamerica.com (offline)

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Gigawatt


One billion watts.
Source: constellation.com

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Gigawatt


is a unit of electric power equal to one billion watts, or one thousand megawatts--enough power to supply the needs of a medium-sized city.
Source: ippny.org (offline)

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A unit of power equal to 1 billion Watts; 1 million kilowatts, or 1,000 megawatts. The Israel Electric Company currently has the capacity to deliver about 11 gigawatts of power, during peak times, to [..]
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Gigawatt


One million kilowatts (one billion watts).
Source: greatriverenergy.com (offline)

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Unit of measure used for large power plants or grids, equals 1000 megawatts.
Source: nordicenergy-us.com

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Gigawatt


A unit of power equal to 1 billion Watts; 1 million kilowatts, or 1,000 megawatts.
Source: senokoenergy.com (offline)

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A gigawatt is a unit of power that is equal to one billion watts or 1,000 megawatts. One gigawatt of electricity generated would power between 800,000 and one million homes.
Source: pjm.com

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Gigawatt


A measure of electric capacity equal to 1 billion W, 1 million kW, or 1,000 MWs.
Source: basinelectric.com (offline)

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Gigawatt

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Gigawatt


1,000,000,000 (or 109
Source: rredc.nrel.gov

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Gigawatt


The unit of electrical power equal to one thousand-million watts, or one thousand megawatts.
Source: hi-energy.org.uk (offline)

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Gigawatt


One billion watts.
Source: spectraenergy.com (offline)

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Gigawatt


Electrical unit of power equal to one billion watts or one thousand megawatts.
Source: britishgas.co.uk

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Gigawatt


Unit of electric power equal to one billion watt, or one thousand megawatt.
Source: elect.mrt.ac.lk (offline)

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Gigawatt


One thousand million ( 109 ) watts, abbreviated as GW.
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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