Examples of gigawatt in a Sentence
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The operator of the electrical grid in Texas, ERCOT, said last month that peak load is expected to reach 152 gigawatts by 2030, nearly double the record set last year of 85 gigawatts.
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
BloombergNEF reported a global total of 1.4 gigawatts and 8.2 gigawatt-hours of long-duration energy storage as of last September, excluding pumped hydro.
—Dan Gearino, WIRED, 4 May 2024
The global consultancy McKinsey & Company predicts these operations will double their U.S. electric demands from 17 gigawatts in 2022 to 35 gigawatts by 2030 — enough electricity to power more than 26 million average homes.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
Microsoft just agreed to support the development of 10.5 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity around the world, a massive amount of electricity to fuel its AI ambitions and climate goals.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 2 May 2024
This morning, Microsoft announced a $10 billion deal with asset manager Brookfield to supply Microsoft with a whopping 10.5 gigawatts of renewable power capacity between 2026 and 2030.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 1 May 2024
By 2050, to meet the Biden Administration’s decarbonization targets, the U.S. will need up to 1,570 gigawatts of electric energy capacity from solar.
—P.j. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
But one optimistic scenario posits that the world might host 100 gigawatts of wave power by 2050.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Apr. 2024
The latest estimates from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the grid operator, from November 2022 suggest crypto miners are using around 2 gigawatts (GW) of energy in Texas, which equates to roughly 2.5 percent of the state’s peak load.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024
BloombergNEF reported a global total of 1.4 gigawatts and 8.2 gigawatt-hours of long-duration energy storage as of last September, excluding pumped hydro.
—Dan Gearino, WIRED, 4 May 2024
The global consultancy McKinsey & Company predicts these operations will double their U.S. electric demands from 17 gigawatts in 2022 to 35 gigawatts by 2030 — enough electricity to power more than 26 million average homes.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
Microsoft just agreed to support the development of 10.5 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity around the world, a massive amount of electricity to fuel its AI ambitions and climate goals.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 2 May 2024
This morning, Microsoft announced a $10 billion deal with asset manager Brookfield to supply Microsoft with a whopping 10.5 gigawatts of renewable power capacity between 2026 and 2030.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 1 May 2024
By 2050, to meet the Biden Administration’s decarbonization targets, the U.S. will need up to 1,570 gigawatts of electric energy capacity from solar.
—P.j. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
But one optimistic scenario posits that the world might host 100 gigawatts of wave power by 2050.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Apr. 2024
The latest estimates from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the grid operator, from November 2022 suggest crypto miners are using around 2 gigawatts (GW) of energy in Texas, which equates to roughly 2.5 percent of the state’s peak load.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
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