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minus-squarepurplemonkeymad@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·18 hours agoThat’s watts multiplied by time, aka energy.
minus-squareTomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 hours agoSo if you can have a kilowatt per hour, then why can’t you have a gigawatt per year?
minus-squareTaTTe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·17 hours 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-up4·16 hours agoKilowatt per hour is not energy. It’s just power generated per hour. Energy would be kilowatt × hour.
minus-squareautriyo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·18 hours agoA unit of measurement that only makes sense in the context of domestic electricity meters. Supposedly to make it easier for consumers. Or 3,6 Kilojoule.
So what is a kWh then?
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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Energy Unit.
A unit of measurement that only makes sense in the context of domestic electricity meters. Supposedly to make it easier for consumers.
Or 3,6 Kilojoule.