terawatts
Power plant output scale
Terawatts are units of power equal to one trillion watts.
The scale is so vast that terawatts typically measure national or global energy consumption rather than individual devices: Global electricity demand exceeds 20 terawatts.
A single terawatt equals roughly the output of a thousand large nuclear reactors running simultaneously.
power-generation
Maximum amount containable
- outputWhat something generates
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- hydroelectricGenerated by flowing water
- geothermalRelating to underground heat
generation · grid · baseload · utility-scale · renewables · coal-fired · dispatch
scale
Size or scale
- astronomicalRelating to outer space
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- unprecedentedNever having occurred before
- exponentialIncreasing by constant ratio
capacity
Maximum amount containable
- outputWhat something generates
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- hydroelectricGenerated by flowing water
geothermal · generation · grid · baseload · utility-scale · renewables · coal-fired · dispatch
magnitude
Size or scale
- astronomicalRelating to outer space
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- unprecedentedNever having occurred before
blackout
Complete power loss
- load-sheddingIntentional power rationing
- drawCreate with pencil
magnitude of power measurement
terawattsmilliwatts
Power in tiny increments
microwatts · picowatts · watts · kilowatts · megawatts