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minus-squarepurplemonkeymad@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 days agoThat’s watts multiplied by time, aka energy.
minus-squareTomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·3 days agoSo if you can have a kilowatt per hour, then why can’t you have a gigawatt per year?
minus-squareTaTTe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 days agoBecause it’s not kilowatt per hour (kW/h), it’s kilowatt hours (kWh). It would be fine to say GW years, but then the question would be over how long? Most likely one year, which gives us GWy/y = GW.
minus-squareSaymaz@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoKilowatt per hour is not energy. It’s just power generated per hour. Energy would be kilowatt × hour.
That’s watts multiplied by time, aka energy.
So if you can have a kilowatt per hour, then why can’t you have a gigawatt per year?
Because it’s not kilowatt per hour (kW/h), it’s kilowatt hours (kWh). It would be fine to say GW years, but then the question would be over how long? Most likely one year, which gives us GWy/y = GW.
Kilowatt per hour is not energy. It’s just power generated per hour. Energy would be kilowatt × hour.
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