Convert Gigawatts to Watts
How many watts are in a gigawatt? Easy GW to W conversion.From
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1 Gigawatt =
1,000,000,000 Watts
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Gigawatts
A gigawatt is 1 billion watts. The total electricty generating capacity of the United States is about 1,100 gigawatts.
Watts
A watt is the standard unit of power. It is the power needed to do one joule of work per second. A typical incandescent light bulb uses 40-100 watts.