Convert 0.5 Megawatts to Watts
How much power is 0.5 megawatts? What is 1⁄2 of a megawatt in watts? 0.5 MW to W conversion.
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0.5 Megawatts =
500,000 Watts
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Result in Plain English
0.5 megawatts is equal to exactly 500 thousand watts.
From a Percentage
50% of a megawatt = 500,000 watts.
In Scientific Notation
0.5 megawatts
= 5 x 10-1 megawatts
= 5 x 105 watts
Megawatts
A megawatt is 1 million watts. Modern locomotives typically have a peak power output of 5 or 6 megawatts.
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.