What is microwatt?

A microwatt is a unit of power equal to one millionth of a watt. It is used in ultra-low-power electronics, energy harvesting systems, biosensors, and precision scientific instrumentation.

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 microwatt = 1.000000e-15 gigawatt

1 gigawatt = 1.000000e+09 watt

More Power conversions

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

Assumption: horsepower values use mechanical horsepower.