Definition of gigawatt
: a unit of power equal to one billion watts
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Those four projects would collectively supply around 1 gigawatt of power to the country.
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Corporate contracts announced in 2017 alone amounted to 2.89 gigawatts of new renewable capacity, according to the Rocky Mountain Institute, a nonprofit that supports a transition to clean energy.
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Last year bitcoin mining used roughly the same amount of electricity as the country of Ireland, roughly 20,000 gigawatt hours.
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That represents gigawatts of carbon-free electricity that new renewables will have to cover for (rather than making progress).
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When fully ramped up, the new U.S. factories being opened by JinkoSolar and First Solar together will be capable of producing 1.6 gigawatts of panels a year.
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Saudi officials set an initial target of generating 9.5 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2023, most of it solar, with some wind as well.
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In other words, each megawatt of capacity at South Fork will annually produce about 4.1 gigawatt-hours.
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The commission also expects that by the first year of implementation, statewide annual electricity consumption will be cut by about 653 gigawatt-hours and natural gas consumption reduced by 9.8 million therms.
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First Known Use of gigawatt
circa 1962
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