gigawatt-hour

noun

Etymology

By surface analysis, gigawatt + hour, or, by surface analysis, giga- + watt-hour.

Definitions

  1. A unit of energy equal to that provided by one gigawatt acting for one hour (3·6 × 10¹²…

    A unit of energy equal to that provided by one gigawatt acting for one hour (3·6 × 10¹² joules).

    • Holonyms: megawatt-year (31.536e12 J) < petajoule (1.000e15 J) < terawatt-hour (3.600e15 J) < gigawatt-year (31.536e15 J) < exajoule (1.000e18 J) < petawatt-hour (3.600e18 J) < terawatt-year (31.536e18 J)
  2. A measure of the amount of equipment that produces, consumes, transmits, or stores this…

    A measure of the amount of equipment that produces, consumes, transmits, or stores this amount of energy.

    • China's battery sales surged 49 percent to 786 gigawatt-hours in the first nine months of this year from a year earlier, with exports jumping 33 percent to 129 GWh, according to official figures.

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