Gigawatt (GW) - Unit Information & Conversion

Symbol:GW
Plural:gigawatts
Category:Power

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What is a Gigawatt?

Gigawatt Conversion Formulas

To Watt:

1 GW = 1000000000 W
Example: 5 gigawatts = 5000000000 watts

To Milliwatt:

1 GW = 1000000000000 mW
Example: 5 gigawatts = 5000000000000 milliwatts

To Kilowatt:

1 GW = 1000000 kW
Example: 5 gigawatts = 5000000 kilowatts

To Megawatt:

1 GW = 1000 MW
Example: 5 gigawatts = 5000 megawatts

To Horsepower:

1 GW = 1341022.089595 hp
Example: 5 gigawatts = 6705110.447975 horsepower

To Metric Horsepower:

1 GW = 1359621.617304 PS
Example: 5 gigawatts = 6798108.08652 PS

To Electric Horsepower:

1 GW = 1340482.573727 hp(E)
Example: 5 gigawatts = 6702412.868633 hp(E)

To BTU per Hour:

1 GW = 3412141633.128201 BTU/h
Example: 5 gigawatts = 17060708165.641003 BTU/h

To BTU per Minute:

1 GW = 56869027.218799 BTU/min
Example: 5 gigawatts = 284345136.093997 BTU/min

To BTU per Second:

1 GW = 947817.120313 BTU/s
Example: 5 gigawatts = 4739085.601567 BTU/s

To Foot-pound per Second:

1 GW = 737562149.277266 ft⋅lb/s
Example: 5 gigawatts = 3687810746.386328 ft⋅lb/s

To Foot-pound per Minute:

1 GW = 44253728956.637764 ft⋅lb/min
Example: 5 gigawatts = 221268644783.1888 ft⋅lb/min

To Calorie per Second:

1 GW = 239005736.137667 cal/s
Example: 5 gigawatts = 1195028680.688336 cal/s

To Kilocalorie per Hour:

1 GW = 860420650.095619 kcal/h
Example: 5 gigawatts = 4302103250.478093 kcal/h

To Ton of Refrigeration:

1 GW = 284345.107154 TR
Example: 5 gigawatts = 1421725.535772 TR

To Erg per Second:

1 GW = N/A erg/s
Example: 5 gigawatts = N/A erg/s

To Joule per Second:

1 GW = 1000000000 J/s
Example: 5 gigawatts = 5000000000 J/s

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