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 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.

Worked examples

1 microwatt = 1.000000e-12 megawatt

1 megawatt = 1,000,000 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.