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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Statoil is planning a wind farm off the coast of New York that could eventually generate 1.5 gigawatts of electricity.
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The entire project will cost $200 billion and create 100,000 jobs while generating 200 gigawatts of power.
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Solar electricity has boomed in the past decade, with global production exceeding 100 gigawatts in 2017, an increase of almost 1,400 per cent since 2008.
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Last year, utilities announced plans to shut down more than 22 gigawatts of coal capacity across the country, and more retirements are expected this year.
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The deal will bring Microsoft's total purchase of renewable energy globally up to 1.2 gigawatts.
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These are all just different ways of saying the same thing: the loss of multiple gigawatts of carbon-free generation is an enormous setback to decarbonization efforts, no matter what replaces them.
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Overall, a record 98 gigawatts of new solar capacity were installed worldwide in 2017.
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Overall, a record 98 gigawatts of new solar capacity were installed worldwide in 2017.
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First Known Use of gigawatt
circa 1962
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