Megawatt (MW)

A megawatt (MW) equals 1,000 kilowatts or 1 million watts. Megawatts measure power plant capacity (nuclear: 1,000 MW, wind turbine: 2-5 MW), large industrial facilities, and electricity grid capacity. One MW can power about 750-1,000 homes.

Convert From Megawatts

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

Convert To Megawatts

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

Conversion Factors

1 MW 1000000 W

1 MW 1 mW

1 MW 1000 kW

1 MW 0.001 GW

1 MW 1341.0220888 hp

1 MW 1359.6216173 PS

1 MW 737562.14929 ft·lb/s

1 MW 3412141.6351 BTU/h

1 MW 947.81712031 BTU/s

1 MW 284.3451395 TR

1 MW 239005.73614 cal/s

1 MW 859845.22786 kcal/h

Related Units

Watt (W) Milliwatt (mW) Kilowatt (kW) Gigawatt (GW) 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)