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minus-squareTomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSo if you can have a kilowatt per hour, then why can’t you have a gigawatt per year?
minus-squareTaTTe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month agoKilowatt per hour is not energy. It’s just power generated per hour. Energy would be kilowatt × hour.
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.