Examples of megawatt in a Sentence
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For power usage in excess of 10 megawatts a month, crypto mines will be fined $100,000.
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Neal Earley, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
In the six months since the 2023 annular eclipse, California ISO reports the amount of utility-scale solar on its system has increased by 2,030 megawatts and the total of rooftop solar (known as behind-the-meter solar) has grown by 1,420 megawatts.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
Its genre could be described as modern Americana meets the ghost signal of a clear-channel megawatt station from the 1950s or ’60s.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Now, the two Cook plant units at full power can produce 2360 megawatts − enough to power approximately 1.5 million homes or a city as big as Detroit.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
The company claims the U9 can recharge to 80% in five minutes, but does not state exactly how, as that kind of energy transfer rate would likely require one megawatt chargers and robust internal electronics with the ability to safely handle that much incoming energy.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
The company plans to add a pair of small modular reactors to the existing plant, bringing its capacity to 1,400 megawatts — enough to power more than a million homes.
—Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
About 40,000 megawatts of green energy projects have been cleared for construction but are not being built because of issues related to financing or siting, the PJM spokesperson said.
—Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
The West’s remaining coal power plants Seattle Colstrip Portland
Net summer capacity
2,100 megawatts
1,400
Los Angeles
700
0
Five small-scale industrial power plants are not mapped.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Neal Earley, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
In the six months since the 2023 annular eclipse, California ISO reports the amount of utility-scale solar on its system has increased by 2,030 megawatts and the total of rooftop solar (known as behind-the-meter solar) has grown by 1,420 megawatts.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024
Its genre could be described as modern Americana meets the ghost signal of a clear-channel megawatt station from the 1950s or ’60s.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Now, the two Cook plant units at full power can produce 2360 megawatts − enough to power approximately 1.5 million homes or a city as big as Detroit.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
The company claims the U9 can recharge to 80% in five minutes, but does not state exactly how, as that kind of energy transfer rate would likely require one megawatt chargers and robust internal electronics with the ability to safely handle that much incoming energy.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
The company plans to add a pair of small modular reactors to the existing plant, bringing its capacity to 1,400 megawatts — enough to power more than a million homes.
—Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
About 40,000 megawatts of green energy projects have been cleared for construction but are not being built because of issues related to financing or siting, the PJM spokesperson said.
—Antonio Olivo, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
The West’s remaining coal power plants Seattle Colstrip Portland
Net summer capacity
2,100 megawatts
1,400
Los Angeles
700
0
Five small-scale industrial power plants are not mapped.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
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megawatt
noun
mega·watt
ˈmeg-ə-ˌwät 
: one million watts
—abbreviation MW
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