Noun
gigawatt (plural gigawatts)
One thousand million (10) watts, abbreviated as GW.
The heaviest vehicle to ever leave the ground, the Saturn V rocket, was powered by five F-1 rocket engines generating a combined 180 million horsepower citation (134.2 gigawatt). Source: Internet
In 2017 more than 1 gigawatt of PPA deals were signed in Europe resulting in the growth of the phenomenon. Source: Internet
If the total amount of energy could be converted to electrical power with 100% efficiency (a physical impossibility), it would correspond to about 30 minutes of output of a gigawatt electrical plant per mole of 3 He. Source: Internet
The lasers would have to operate for years continuously at gigawatt strength. Source: Internet
Energy from fossil fuels has been the lowest since 1986; this year it was only 23.73 gigawatt hours. Source: Internet
In just the past several years, the company has seen its megawatts (MWs) under management soar from 150 MW in 2017, to 250 in 2018, and to a little over a gigawatt (1,000 MWs) today. Source: Internet