Watt |
basic SI (international system) measure of electricity (1 joule/second) |
joule |
basic SI unit of work or energy |
kW |
1000 Watts |
kWh |
kilowatt hours (kilowatts of electricity consumed over 1 hour) |
kWh/y |
kilowatt hours per year |
MW |
megawatts: 1 million Watts |
GW |
gigawatts: 109 Watts (one thousand million Watts) |
terawatts |
1012 Watts (one million million Watts) |
petajoules |
1015 joules (one thousand million million joules) |
Units of measurement of electricity and energy (Eco-Refurbishment)
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