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For reference, about 10,000 100-watt lightbulbs or 5,000 computer systems would be needed to draw 1 MW. Also, 1 MW is approximately 1360 horsepower. Modern high-power diesel-electric locomotives typically have a peak power of 3–5 MW, while a typical modern nuclear power plant produces on the order of 500–2000 MW peak output.
GW—Gigawatt (one billion watts) (measurement- elect) GWE—Gigawatt of electric energy (measurement- elect) GWh—Gigawatt hour (one billion watt hours) (measurement- elect) GWP—global warming potential (climate)
For example, by the end of 2010, power shortages in China's Shanxi province were expected to increase to 5–6 GW [19] and the installation capacity of wind power in Germany was 25.8 GW. [20] The largest unit (out of four) of the Belgian Doel Nuclear Power Station has a peak output of 1.04 GW. [ 21 ]
A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a non-SI unit of energy equal to 3.6 megajoules (MJ) in SI units, which is the energy delivered by one kilowatt of power for one hour.
Hoover Dam has a nameplate capacity of 2080 MW [9] and an annual generation averaging 4.2 TW·h. [9] (The annual generation has varied between a high of 10.348 TW·h in 1984, and a low of 2.648 TW·h in 1956. [9]). Taking the average figure for annual generation gives a capacity factor of:
The 2021 world total energy production of 14,800 MToe corresponds to a little over 172 PWh / year, or about 19.6 TW of power generation. Largest primary energy producers (76% of world production) as of 2021, given in million tonnes of oil equivalent per year
The United States' portion of the electrical grid in North America had a nameplate capacity of 1,280 GW [7] and produced 4,029 TWh [8] in 2023, using 34% of primary energy to do so. [9] The country is the second-largest producer and consumer of electricity, behind China. [4] Natural gas overtook coal as the dominant source for electric ...
For example, if a 3000 MW thermal (equivalent to 1000 MW electric at 33.333% efficiency, which is typical of US LWRs) plant uses 24 tonnes of enriched uranium (tU) and operates at full power for 1 year, the average burnup of the fuel is (3000 MW·365 d)/24 metric tonnes = 45.63 GWd/t, or 45,625 MWd/tHM (where HM stands for heavy metal, meaning ...