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Definition of gigawatt
: a unit of power equal to one billion watts
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Recent Examples of gigawatt from the Web
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The deals in Indonesia between January 2010 and March 2017 represent 21 coal power projects with a combined capacity of 13.1 gigawatts.
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But hot on Elon Musk's heels are several Chinese who plan to provide almost 3.5 times more gigawatt-hours of battery cells a year than the Gigafactory by 2021, according to Bloomberg.
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Coal will be the biggest victim, with 369 gigawatts of projects standing to be cancelled, according to BNEF.
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The Chinese government cancelled 12.4 gigawatts worth of coal projects in 2016, widely linked to the toxic smog that has gripped cities like Beijing and Baoding.
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The government pledged in 2015, when the country’s electricity capacity from renewables was 36 gigawatts, to increase it to 175 gigawatts by 2022.
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Capacity in China hit 77 gigawatts in 2016 which helped a 50% jump in solar power growth worldwide.
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This is particularly true of China, which saw 300 gigawatts of domestic coal projects put on hold in 2016, largely due to existing overcapacity.
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China added 7.21 gigawatts of solar power during the period, boosting its total installed capacity to almost 85 gigawatts, the NEA said.
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First Known Use of gigawatt
circa 1962
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