What is megawatt?

A megawatt is a unit of power equal to one million watts. It is used to rate the output of power plants, large industrial facilities, and grid-scale renewable energy installations.

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.

Worked examples

1 megawatt = 0.001 gigawatt

1 gigawatt = 1.000000e+09 watt

More Power conversions

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

Assumption: horsepower values use mechanical horsepower.