The megawatt (in English: megawatt, usually abbreviated to MW) is a unit that represents power. It is often used to refer to the amount of electricity that a generator can generate per unit of time under nominal conditions. (Note that the definition of watt is: Joule/second, and the definition of megawatt is: megajoule/second)
The megawatt is the unit derived from the order of magnitude of the base unit of power, the watt, and power itself is the amount of work done per unit of time. The description is similar to terms such as milliwatts and kilowatts. Let's take the example of watts:
The definition of 1 watt is 1 joule of work per second, or 3,600 joules of work per hour.
The kilowatt is a unit derived from 1,000 times the watt, which means 1,000 joules of work per second and 3,600,000 joules of work per hour.
Similarly, a megawatt is defined as 1,000,000 jouless of work per second and 3,600,000,000 joules of work per hour. Therefore, the megawatt can also be considered to generate 1 million joules of electricity per second.
Since "Watt-hour" is often used as the main unit of measurement for electricity production when calculating electricity consumption (electricity production), among which : the kilowatt hour is the most commonly used unit of measurement for electricity. consumption (electricity production), i.e. degree.
The megawatt can therefore be understood as the electricity production of 1 megawatt hour per hour, or the electricity production of 1,000 kilowatt hours (degrees) per hour.
The conversion relationship between megawatts, kilowatts and watts is:
1 megawatt = 1 million watts
1 megawatt = 1,000 kilowatts
p>1 megawatt = 01,000 kilowatts;
1 megawatt = 0.01 billion kilowatts.