Kilowatt
noun
A unit for measuring power. It is equal to 1,000 watts.
The air conditioner has a power of 1.5 kilowatts.
Often appears as...
- kilowatt hour
- kilowatt power
noun
A unit for measuring power. It is equal to 1,000 watts.
The air conditioner has a power of 1.5 kilowatts.
Often appears as...
- kilowatt hour
- kilowatt power
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Pro Tip 1/3Measuring Power
Kilowatt quantifies the rate of energy conversion or transfer and is common in discussions about electricity and appliances.
Her new washing machine uses 0.8 kilowatts of power.
Pro Tip 2/3Energy Consumption
Often used to describe energy use over time in kilowatt-hours, which is important for understanding electricity bills.
My house consumed 300 kilowatt-hours last month.
Pro Tip 3/3Electrical Appliances
Look for 'kilowatts' on the specifications of appliances to know how much power they consume or produce.
This heater's maximum output is 2 kilowatts.
Pro Tip 1/3Measuring Power
Kilowatt quantifies the rate of energy conversion or transfer and is common in discussions about electricity and appliances.
Her new washing machine uses 0.8 kilowatts of power.
Pro Tip 2/3Energy Consumption
Often used to describe energy use over time in kilowatt-hours, which is important for understanding electricity bills.
My house consumed 300 kilowatt-hours last month.
Pro Tip 3/3Electrical Appliances
Look for 'kilowatts' on the specifications of appliances to know how much power they consume or produce.
This heater's maximum output is 2 kilowatts.
Pro Tip 1/3Measuring Power
Kilowatt quantifies the rate of energy conversion or transfer and is common in discussions about electricity and appliances.
Her new washing machine uses 0.8 kilowatts of power.
Pro Tip 2/3Energy Consumption
Often used to describe energy use over time in kilowatt-hours, which is important for understanding electricity bills.
My house consumed 300 kilowatt-hours last month.
Pro Tip 3/3Electrical Appliances
Look for 'kilowatts' on the specifications of appliances to know how much power they consume or produce.
This heater's maximum output is 2 kilowatts.
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David Mackay: A reality...
Here are the physics principles that tell you how to reduce the energy consumption of transport. People often say, "Technology can answer everything. We can make vehicles that are 100 times more efficient." And that's almost true. Let me show you. The energy consumption of this typical tank here is 80 kilowatt hours per hundred person kilometers.
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A reality check on...
how to reduce the energy consumption of transport and people often say oh yes technology can answer everything we can make vehicles that are a hundred times more efficient and that's almost true let me show you the energy consumption of this typical tank here is 80 kilowatt hours per hundred person kilometers that
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Taylor Wilson: My...
to power whatever you want to provide propulsion to get you there, but you have power once you get there. You know, rocket designers who use solar panels or fuel cells, I mean a few watts or kilowatts -- wow, that's a lot of power. I mean, now we're talking about 100 megawatts. That's a ton of power.
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Solomon Goldstein-Rose:...
But I had never heard of a petawatt hour until I wrote a book on climate change solutions. That's because it's so big. But that's the scale I want to talk about. A petawatt hour is a trillion kilowatt hours. And today the world generates about 25 trillion kilowatt hours of electricity each year.
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Cultivating wealth and...
what Africa needs now is a hugely energy intensive process and without reliable supply of electricity it's not going to happen in Africa and that's why this is absolutely necessary how much investment is needed well to get to a thousand kilowatt hours which is
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Marco Annunziata:...
that allow wind turbines to talk to each other and adjust the pitch of their blades in a coordinated way, depending on how the wind is blowing, can now produce electricity at a cost of less than five cents per kilowatt/hour.
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Cliff Jumping PIPE National...
Norway to observe one of the most astonishing breathtaking daredevil initiation rites on the planet thousands of kilowatts are nesting on the sheer rock cliffs far beyond the reach of predators now here's the daredevil part
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Alejandro Aravena: My...
which is the typical energy consumption for cooling a glass tower, to 40 kilowatts per square meter per year. So with the right design, sustainability is nothing but the rigorous use of common sense.
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Watch Killer Whales and...
developing techniques suitable for catching bass the main type of prey for kilowatts in Norway is herring the whales have developed a technique called carousel feeding to feed on the schooling fish
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Tom Shannon's...
It has on-board generators. It can generate about a million kilowatts, in order to be bright enough to be visible in daylight. The idea of it is to make a kind of a traveling show.
Video examples
David Mackay: A reality...
Here are the physics principles that tell you how to reduce the energy consumption of transport. People often say, "Technology can answer everything. We can make vehicles that are 100 times more efficient." And that's almost true. Let me show you. The energy consumption of this typical tank here is 80 kilowatt hours per hundred person kilometers.
Video examples
A reality check on...
how to reduce the energy consumption of transport and people often say oh yes technology can answer everything we can make vehicles that are a hundred times more efficient and that's almost true let me show you the energy consumption of this typical tank here is 80 kilowatt hours per hundred person kilometers that
Video examples
Taylor Wilson: My...
to power whatever you want to provide propulsion to get you there, but you have power once you get there. You know, rocket designers who use solar panels or fuel cells, I mean a few watts or kilowatts -- wow, that's a lot of power. I mean, now we're talking about 100 megawatts. That's a ton of power.
Video examples
Solomon Goldstein-Rose:...
But I had never heard of a petawatt hour until I wrote a book on climate change solutions. That's because it's so big. But that's the scale I want to talk about. A petawatt hour is a trillion kilowatt hours. And today the world generates about 25 trillion kilowatt hours of electricity each year.
Video examples
Cultivating wealth and...
what Africa needs now is a hugely energy intensive process and without reliable supply of electricity it's not going to happen in Africa and that's why this is absolutely necessary how much investment is needed well to get to a thousand kilowatt hours which is
Video examples
Marco Annunziata:...
that allow wind turbines to talk to each other and adjust the pitch of their blades in a coordinated way, depending on how the wind is blowing, can now produce electricity at a cost of less than five cents per kilowatt/hour.
Video examples
Cliff Jumping PIPE National...
Norway to observe one of the most astonishing breathtaking daredevil initiation rites on the planet thousands of kilowatts are nesting on the sheer rock cliffs far beyond the reach of predators now here's the daredevil part
Video examples
Alejandro Aravena: My...
which is the typical energy consumption for cooling a glass tower, to 40 kilowatts per square meter per year. So with the right design, sustainability is nothing but the rigorous use of common sense.
Video examples
Watch Killer Whales and...
developing techniques suitable for catching bass the main type of prey for kilowatts in Norway is herring the whales have developed a technique called carousel feeding to feed on the schooling fish
Video examples
Tom Shannon's...
It has on-board generators. It can generate about a million kilowatts, in order to be bright enough to be visible in daylight. The idea of it is to make a kind of a traveling show.
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Seth Shostak
American Scientist
Television is ephemeral, a fact that some will find reassuring. But earthlings will continue to pump the kilowatts into the ether. And eventually, when those signals have washed over a few hundred thousand star systems, someone may notice.
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Adam Draper
American Businessman
Energy and bitcoin work really well together because you can pay out in micro-transaction units. As the energy gets used, they pay out, and it's by the kilowatt rather than by the month.
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Seth Shostak
American Scientist
Television is ephemeral, a fact that some will find reassuring. But earthlings will continue to pump the kilowatts into the ether. And eventually, when those signals have washed over a few hundred thousand star systems, someone may notice.
Quote examples
Adam Draper
American Businessman
Energy and bitcoin work really well together because you can pay out in micro-transaction units. As the energy gets used, they pay out, and it's by the kilowatt rather than by the month.
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