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Gigawatt vs Kilowatt - What's the difference?

gigawatt | kilowatt |

1 gigawatt is 1000000 kilowatts


1 kilowatt is 1.0E-6 gigawatts


As nouns the difference between gigawatt and kilowatt

is that gigawatt is one thousand million ( 109 ) watts, abbreviated as gw while kilowatt is one thousand ( 103 ) watts symbol: kw or kw.

gigawatt

English

Alternative forms

* giga-watt * jigawatt (eye dialect)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One thousand million ( 109 ) watts, abbreviated as GW.

    • kilowatt

    English

    Alternative forms

    * kilo-watt

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One thousand ( 103 ) watts. Symbol: kW or KW.

    • Derived terms

    * kilowatt-hour