gigawatt
noun
giga·watt ˈji-gə-ˌwät 
ˈgi-
ˈgi- : a unit of power equal to one billion watts
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Workers are restoring a defunct Soviet power line connecting the western Ukrainian region of Khmelnytskyi—home to a two-gigawatt nuclear plant—to the east Polish city of Rzeszow. 
Joe Wallace, WSJ, 26 June 2022 Expected to open in July of next year, Corsicana will surpass Whinstone at a size one gigawatt or 1000 megawatts. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2022 According to a May 2022 email from a local economic development official, the new Riot facility near Corsicana will consume 1.4 million gallons of water a day and 1 gigawatt of electricity. Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 22 July 2022 Enel, the Italian utility aspiring to be a global green-energy giant, is also investing in a Sicilian plant to build three gigawatt of high-tech modules, with the help of EU funds. Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 19 May 2022 The new plant, with planned capacity up to 40 gigawatt-hours, will supply roughly half a million electric vehicles. John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 8 July 2022 This is expected to create an annual demand for about a gigawatt of capacity. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 June 2022 But India has installed less than 100 gigawatts of solar and wind power so far, and most Indian analysts say the 175 gigawatt goal is beyond reach this year. Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 28 May 2022 Meanwhile, in Finland, Winda Energy CEO Tuomas Hooli, 25, is currently in the process of constructing over 1 gigawatt of electricity across the country though his company’s wind farms. Alex Knapp, Forbes, 3 May 2022 See More
Joe Wallace, WSJ, 26 June 2022 Expected to open in July of next year, Corsicana will surpass Whinstone at a size one gigawatt or 1000 megawatts. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2022 According to a May 2022 email from a local economic development official, the new Riot facility near Corsicana will consume 1.4 million gallons of water a day and 1 gigawatt of electricity. Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 22 July 2022 Enel, the Italian utility aspiring to be a global green-energy giant, is also investing in a Sicilian plant to build three gigawatt of high-tech modules, with the help of EU funds. Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 19 May 2022 The new plant, with planned capacity up to 40 gigawatt-hours, will supply roughly half a million electric vehicles. John Voelcker, Car and Driver, 8 July 2022 This is expected to create an annual demand for about a gigawatt of capacity. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 June 2022 But India has installed less than 100 gigawatts of solar and wind power so far, and most Indian analysts say the 175 gigawatt goal is beyond reach this year. Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 28 May 2022 Meanwhile, in Finland, Winda Energy CEO Tuomas Hooli, 25, is currently in the process of constructing over 1 gigawatt of electricity across the country though his company’s wind farms. Alex Knapp, Forbes, 3 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1962, in the meaning defined above