Full name: gigawatt
Plural form: gigawatts
Symbol: GW
Category type: power
Scale factor: 1000000000
The SI derived unit for power is the watt.
1 watt is equal to 1.0E-9 gigawatt.
Valid units must be of the power type.
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The SI prefix "giga" represents a factor of 109, or in exponential notation, 1E9.
So 1 gigawatt = 109 watts.
The definition of a watt is as follows:
The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit for power. It is equivalent to one joule per second (1 J/s), or in electrical units, one volt ampere (1 V·A).
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