Gigawatt (GW),

Definition of Gigawatt (GW):

1. One unit of electricity equals one billion (10.9) watts, one thousand megawatts or 1.34 million horsepower to supply electricity to a medium-sized city.

2. One unit of electricity is equal to one billion (10⁹) watts.

How to use Gigawatt (GW) in a sentence?

1. If the state-of-the-art dams are upgraded to generate electricity, they can generate 17 gigawatts of electricity.