Gigawatt (GW)

A gigawatt (GW) equals 1,000 megawatts or 1 billion watts. Gigawatts measure national electricity capacity, large power grids, and total generating capacity. US peak electricity demand is about 700 GW. Famous from "Back to the Future": 1.21 gigawatts.

Convert From Gigawatts

Gigawatt to Watt Gigawatt to Milliwatt Gigawatt to Kilowatt GW to MW Gigawatt to Horsepower (Mechanical) Gigawatt to Metric Horsepower Gigawatt to Foot-pound per Second Gigawatt to BTU per Hour Gigawatt to BTU per Second Gigawatt to Ton of Refrigeration Gigawatt to Calorie per Second Gigawatt to Kilocalorie per Hour

Convert To Gigawatts

Watt to Gigawatt Milliwatt to Gigawatt Kilowatt to Gigawatt MW to GW Horsepower (Mechanical) to Gigawatt Metric Horsepower to Gigawatt Foot-pound per Second to Gigawatt BTU per Hour to Gigawatt BTU per Second to Gigawatt Ton of Refrigeration to Gigawatt Calorie per Second to Gigawatt Kilocalorie per Hour to Gigawatt

Conversion Factors

1 GW 1000000000 W

1 GW 1000 mW

1 GW 1000000 kW

1 GW 1000 MW

1 GW 1341022.0888 hp

1 GW 1359621.6173 PS

1 GW 737562149.29 ft·lb/s

1 GW 3412141635.1 BTU/h

1 GW 947817.12031 BTU/s

1 GW 284345.1395 TR

1 GW 239005736.14 cal/s

1 GW 859845227.86 kcal/h

Related Units

Watt (W) Milliwatt (mW) Kilowatt (kW) Megawatt (MW) Horsepower (Mechanical) (hp) Metric Horsepower (PS) Foot-pound per Second (ft·lb/s) BTU per Hour (BTU/h) BTU per Second (BTU/s) Ton of Refrigeration (TR) Calorie per Second (cal/s) Kilocalorie per Hour (kcal/h)