Definitions
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- noun One billion (109) watts.
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- noun One thousand million ( 109 )
watts , abbreviated asGW .
Etymologies
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A gigawatt is the equivalent of one billion watts.
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This project and subsequent expansions will bring the peak solar energy capacity to just about a gigawatt, which is identical to the energy made by smaller conventional coal plants.
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(A terawatt is 1,000 gigawatts, and a gigawatt is the capacity of the largest sort of coal-fired power station.)
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(A terawatt is 1,000 gigawatts, and a gigawatt is the capacity of the largest sort of coal-fired power station.)
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He majored in mechanical engineering at Cornell, where one of his professors was Carl Sagan, and was working as an actor at a Seattle sketch comedy show when the host mispronounced the word "gigawatt"; he'd incorrectly said "jigowatt."
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And according to a new report by the Solar Energy Industries Association, nearly one gigawatt of added capacity will be installed in 2010, a 114 percent increase over last year.
Byron Kennard: Man Up, Environmentalists! (Here's a way to do it) Byron Kennard 2010
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And according to a new report by the Solar Energy Industries Association, nearly one gigawatt of added capacity will be installed in 2010, a 114 percent increase over last year.
Byron Kennard: Man Up, Environmentalists! (Here's a way to do it) Byron Kennard 2010
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At the end of December, Beijing Jingneng, a clean-energy unit of the Beijing municipal government, had a total installed capacity of 1.19 gigawatt of gas-fired power.
Chinese Clean-Energy Companies to List in Hong Kong Yvonne Lee 2011
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Before you write one more word, do enough homework to answer this simple question: How much high-level radioactive waste does a large (say 1 gigawatt electric) nuclear plant produce in a year? expressed either in tons or in cubic meters.
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And according to a new report by the Solar Energy Industries Association, nearly one gigawatt of added capacity will be installed in 2010, a 114 percent increase over last year.
Byron Kennard: Man Up, Environmentalists! (Here's a way to do it) Byron Kennard 2010
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