Sample Sentences & Example Usage. 1  Dashon Nicholas: I think itâs just kids, i think it is pretty disturbing, but this whole area down here is disturbing. 2  Howard Zinn: They'll say we're disturbing the peace,but there is no peace.What really bothers them is that we are disturbing the war.
The gigawatt is equal to one billion (109) watts or 1 gigawatt = 1000 megawatts. This unit is often used for large power plants or power grids. For example, by the end of 2010 power shortages in China's Shanxi province were expected to increase to 5â6 GW and the installed capacity of wind power in Germany was 25.8 GW.
A kilowatt (kW) is equal to one thousand watts. It is mostly used to express the power consumption of engines, motors, heaters and the electromagnetic power of radio transmitters. A megawatt (MW) is equal to one million watts or one thousand kilowatts.This scale is used for lightning, large commercial buildings, or large mechanical devices and constructions (carriers, submarines, etc). Below there is a list with the conversion of watts to kilowatts, megawatts and other multiples: megawatt (MW) is equal to one million watts or one thousand kilowatts. This scale is used for lightning, large commercial buildings, or large mechanical devices and constructions (carriers, submarines, etc).