1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas

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What is a gigawatt? One billion (109) watts. That’s the total capacity of all the solar panels Suntech has now delivered to customers throughout North and South America. That’s no small amount of energy: One gigawatt of solar panels is... The post 1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas appeared first on Solar Feeds.

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ggunn

Re: 1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas

What is a gigawatt? One billion (109) watts...

What's the "109" about?

mtdoc

Re: 1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas

I'm guessing 10 to the 9th power

BB.

Re: 1 Gigawatt of Solar to the Americas

Or with our fancy new "go advanced" editor that can do ₉10⁹:

10⁹ Watts

A typical north American home uses around 1,000 kWH or 10⁶ Watt*Hours per month or roughly 1,000 watt average or 10³ watts 24x7 by 30 days (actually 1.39 kW average load).

-Bill