Convert 8,700 Megawatts to Watts
How much power is 8,700 megawatts? What is 8.7 thousand megawatts in watts? 8,700 MW to W conversion.
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8,700 Megawatts =
8,700,000,000 Watts
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8,700 megawatts is equal to exactly 8.7 billion watts.
In Scientific Notation
8,700 megawatts
= 8.7 x 103 megawatts
= 8.7 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.