How many kilowatt-hours in 1 gigajoule?
The answer is 277.77777777778.
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The SI derived unit for energy is the joule.
1 joule is equal to 2.7777777777778E-7 kilowatt-hours, or 1.0E-9 gigajoule.
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1 kilowatt-hours to gigajoule = 0.0036 gigajoule
10 kilowatt-hours to gigajoule = 0.036 gigajoule
50 kilowatt-hours to gigajoule = 0.18 gigajoule
100 kilowatt-hours to gigajoule = 0.36 gigajoule
200 kilowatt-hours to gigajoule = 0.72 gigajoule
500 kilowatt-hours to gigajoule = 1.8 gigajoule
1000 kilowatt-hours to gigajoule = 3.6 gigajoule
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The SI prefix "giga" represents a factor of 109, or in exponential notation, 1E9.
So 1 gigajoule = 109 joules.
The definition of a joule is as follows:
The joule (symbol J, also called newton meter, watt second, or coulomb volt) is the SI unit of energy and work. The unit is pronounced to rhyme with "tool", and is named in honor of the physicist James Prescott Joule (1818-1889).
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