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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From July 2024 through June 2025, his system produced around 13,700 kilowatt-hours of solar energy and sent over two-thirds of that to the electric grid.
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Ivan Penn, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
The Ananya packs a 10-kilowatt-hour EcoFlow power system with stackable batteries and 450 watts of solar.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
At exactly 19 cents per kilowatt-hour, the price of electricity is back at all-time highs.
—Claire Malon, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Compared with the third-generation BlackFly aircraft, about 97 percent of Helix’s components are new, including the cylindrical cells in its nine-kilowatt-hour battery.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Sep. 2025
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Ivan Penn, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
The Ananya packs a 10-kilowatt-hour EcoFlow power system with stackable batteries and 450 watts of solar.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
At exactly 19 cents per kilowatt-hour, the price of electricity is back at all-time highs.
—Claire Malon, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Compared with the third-generation BlackFly aircraft, about 97 percent of Helix’s components are new, including the cylindrical cells in its nine-kilowatt-hour battery.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Kilowatt-hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kilowatt-hour. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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