Convert 5,000 Megawatts to Watts
How much power is 5,000 megawatts? What is 5 thousand megawatts in watts? 5,000 MW to W conversion.
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5,000 Megawatts =
5,000,000,000 Watts
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Result in Plain English
5,000 megawatts is equal to exactly 5 billion watts.
In Scientific Notation
5,000 megawatts
= 5 x 103 megawatts
= 5 x 109 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.