kilowatt-hour
noun
kilo·watt-hour
ˈki-lə-ˌwät-ˈau̇(-ə)r 
ˈkē-lə-
: a unit of work or energy equal to that expended by one kilowatt in one hour or to 3.6 million joules
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As a result, 100 supplier facilities saved 2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity last year.
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Justine Calma, The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024
It’s fitted with the same power source as its older cousin in Europe, a 42 kilowatt-hour nickel manganese cobalt battery.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2024
Civilian anthropology researcher Lance Larkin at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) in Champaign, Ill., told IEEE Spectrum that that’s enough fuel for the fuel cell to generate 1,800 kilowatt-hours of energy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2024
But the California Solar & Storage Association, which opposed the commission’s decision, estimated the average rate of compensation would drop from 30 cents per kilowatt-hour to 8 cents — a reduction of 75 percent.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2024
The MPGe figure provides the number of miles that a BEV can travel using 33.7 kilowatt-hours of electricity, which is the same amount of energy found in one gallon of gasoline.
—Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
Indeed, an estimate from Efficiency Vermont, the states’ energy efficiency utility, pegged the system’s consumption at 10,000 kilowatt-hours annually in heating alone.
—Tik Root, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2024
People living in California have been paying 32 cents per kilowatt-hour compared to the national average of 18 cents, according to Energy Sage, which has monitored energy prices nationwide.
—Jamie Joseph, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2024
However, the lithium-ion cell remains the best in terms of cradle-to-gate impact on climate change, accounting for 30.9 kilograms of emitted carbon dioxide per kilowatt-hour generated, followed by the SiCPAN cell.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Feb. 2024
Justine Calma, The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024
It’s fitted with the same power source as its older cousin in Europe, a 42 kilowatt-hour nickel manganese cobalt battery.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2024
Civilian anthropology researcher Lance Larkin at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) in Champaign, Ill., told IEEE Spectrum that that’s enough fuel for the fuel cell to generate 1,800 kilowatt-hours of energy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2024
But the California Solar & Storage Association, which opposed the commission’s decision, estimated the average rate of compensation would drop from 30 cents per kilowatt-hour to 8 cents — a reduction of 75 percent.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2024
The MPGe figure provides the number of miles that a BEV can travel using 33.7 kilowatt-hours of electricity, which is the same amount of energy found in one gallon of gasoline.
—Peter Douglas, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
Indeed, an estimate from Efficiency Vermont, the states’ energy efficiency utility, pegged the system’s consumption at 10,000 kilowatt-hours annually in heating alone.
—Tik Root, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2024
People living in California have been paying 32 cents per kilowatt-hour compared to the national average of 18 cents, according to Energy Sage, which has monitored energy prices nationwide.
—Jamie Joseph, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2024
However, the lithium-ion cell remains the best in terms of cradle-to-gate impact on climate change, accounting for 30.9 kilograms of emitted carbon dioxide per kilowatt-hour generated, followed by the SiCPAN cell.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Feb. 2024
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