What is gigawatt?

A gigawatt is a unit of power equal to one billion watts. It is used to express the total power output of national electricity grids, large power stations, and national energy policy targets.

What is kilocalorie per hour?

Kilocalorie per hour is a unit of power expressing energy transfer as dietary calories per hour. It is used in nutrition and exercise physiology to express the rate of energy expenditure during physical activity.

Worked examples

1 gigawatt = 859,845,227.8589853 kilocalorie per hour

1 kilocalorie per hour = 1.163 watt

More Power conversions

• Convert gigawatt to watt
• Convert gigawatt to kilowatt
• Convert gigawatt to horsepower (mechanical)
• Convert gigawatt to megawatt
• Convert gigawatt to milliwatt
• Convert gigawatt to microwatt
• Convert gigawatt to BTU per hour
• Convert gigawatt to kilocalorie per hour
• Convert gigawatt to ton of refrigeration

Assumption: horsepower values use mechanical horsepower.