05.07.2009
Equivalent to 1000 kilos, 2204.61 lbs; 7.5 barrels
Rocks that were laid 245 to 65 million years ago
One megawatt hour is equal to 1,000 kilowatt hours or 1 million watt-hours. Megawatt hours are the metering standard unit for the wholesale market. Amount of electricity needed to light ten thousand 100-watt light bulbs for a one-hour period. One million watts used for one hour.
208 to 146 million years ago
A joule is equal to one watt-second
Refers to the past 0.5-1.0 million years
A quantitative measure of electric current flow equivalent to one thousand watts (1,000 watts) being used continuously for a period on one hour; the unit most commonly used to measure electrical energy, as opposed to kilowatt, which is simply a measure of available power. As a unit of energy used by the natural gas industry it approximately equals to 0.0341 therms
A measure of available power. One thousand watts