noun
- a unit of electrical power equal to one million watts
Usage: technical
Examples
- The power plant generates 500 megawatts of electricity.
- The new wind farm has a capacity of 200 megawatts.
- Solar panels on the roof produce about 0.005 megawatts.
- The city’s energy demand peaks at 1,200 megawatts during summer.
- Each turbine can produce up to 3 megawatts of clean energy.
- The nuclear reactor outputs 1,000 megawatts of power.