gigawatt

noun

giga·watt ˈji-gə-ˌwät

ˈgi-

: a unit of power equal to one billion watts

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The administration approved 11 offshore wind projects with a capacity of 19 gigawatts, enough to power more than six million homes, according to the Interior Department. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 Still, wind power has expanded in the U.S., growing from 2.4 gigawatts in 2000 to 150 gigawatts by April 2024, according to data from the Energy Information Administration. —

Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025 In 2024 that number was up to 19.6 gigawatts for solar with the same peak load of ~85 gigawatts. —

Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Meta seeks nuclear power for data centers Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is looking for developers to bring online one to four gigawatts of nuclear energy to help power its data centers, Axios reported. —

Julia Shapero, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gigawatt