noun
- plural of gigawatt; units of electrical power equal to one billion watts
Usage: technical
Examples
- The power plant generates 2.5 gigawatts of electricity.
- The city’s energy needs require several gigawatts of power.
- Solar farms can produce multiple gigawatts on sunny days.
- The nuclear reactor outputs 1.2 gigawatts at full capacity.
- Wind turbines across the state generate 3 gigawatts combined.
- The new facility will add 800 megawatts, nearly one gigawatt.