megawatt

American

[meg-uh-wot] / ˈmɛg əˌwɒt /

noun

Electricity.

a unit of power, equal to one million watts. MW

megawatt British

/ ˈmɛɡəˌwɒt /

noun

MW. one million watts

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megawatt Cultural

A unit of power: one million watts. A typical large electrical generating plant can produce a thousand megawatts of electricity.

Etymology

Origin of megawatt

First recorded in 1895–1900; mega- + watt

Example Sentences

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The company added 260 megawatts of active power capacity in the fourth quarter alone, bringing its total to over 850 megawatts.

From MarketWatch

Microsoft's Jakarta facilities, spread out to mitigate risks from earthquakes and floods, are part of a $1.7 billion investment with a potential "hyperscale" capacity that would need hundreds of megawatts of electricity.

From Barron's

The US company has signed a deal with the state-owned electricity provider to raise Indonesia's renewable energy capacity by around 200 megawatts over a decade.

From Barron's

Given that recent history, “investors will look for clean proof points” when CoreWeave reports earnings on Thursday, such as the delivery of over 850 megawatts of capacity and a revenue beat, Thill wrote.

From MarketWatch

The company had on Saturday announced it was buying a portfolio of wind and solar projects in the United States with total capacity of 830 megawatts for around $1 billion.

From Barron's

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