megawatt-hours
Million watt-hours
A megawatt-hour is a unit of energy equal to one million watt-hours, or the energy consumed by a one-megawatt load sustained for one hour.
Utility companies bill large customers in megawatt-hours.
Power plants measure output capacity in megawatts and actual production in megawatt-hours: The wind farm generated 50,000 megawatt-hours last month.
Abbreviated MWh.
Itemized billing statement
- utility billCharge for essential services
- rateMeasured speed or charge
- tariffTax on traded goods
- consumptionUsing up of resources
charge · cost · metering · pricing · usage · statement · account · billing cycle
Process of creating electricity
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- renewable energySelf-replenishing natural power
- solarOf the star
wind · hydroelectric · nuclear · fossil fuel · coal · natural gas · turbine · transformer
SI energy units
- thermsHeat quantity units
- megajoulesEnergy measurement units
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
- kilocaloriesUnits measuring food energy
quads · electronvolts · energy units · metric
Portable electricity storage
- lithium-ionRechargeable cell technology
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- energy densityStored power per unit
invoice
Itemized billing statement
- utility billCharge for essential services
- rateMeasured speed or charge
- tariffTax on traded goods
consumption · charge · cost · metering · pricing · usage · statement · account · billing cycle · tiered pricing
power generation
Process of creating electricity
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- renewable energySelf-replenishing natural power
solar · wind · hydroelectric · nuclear · fossil fuel · coal · natural gas · turbine · transformer · substation
joules
SI energy units
- thermsHeat quantity units
- megajoulesEnergy measurement units
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
kilocalories · quads · electronvolts · energy units · metric
battery
Portable electricity storage
- lithium-ionRechargeable cell technology
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- capacityMaximum amount containable
megawatt-hourswatt-hours
Energy consumption unit
kilowatt-hours · millijoules · joules · calories · foot-pounds
megawatt-hoursmegawatts
Million-watt units
watts · kilowatts · gigawatts · peak demand · horsepower
megawatt, watt, hour, mega, megawatts, watts, hours, wattage, hourly