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minus-squareautriyo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoA unit of measurement that only makes sense in the context of domestic electricity meters. Supposedly to make it easier for consumers. Or 3,6 Kilojoule.
minus-squarepurplemonkeymad@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 days agoThat’s watts multiplied by time, aka energy.
minus-squareTomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·3 days agoSo if you can have a kilowatt per hour, then why can’t you have a gigawatt per year?
minus-squareTaTTe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 days agoBecause it’s not kilowatt per hour (kW/h), it’s kilowatt hours (kWh). It would be fine to say GW years, but then the question would be over how long? Most likely one year, which gives us GWy/y = GW.
minus-squareSaymaz@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoKilowatt per hour is not energy. It’s just power generated per hour. Energy would be kilowatt × hour.
So what is a kWh then?
Energy Unit.
A unit of measurement that only makes sense in the context of domestic electricity meters. Supposedly to make it easier for consumers.
Or 3,6 Kilojoule.
That’s watts multiplied by time, aka energy.
So if you can have a kilowatt per hour, then why can’t you have a gigawatt per year?
Because it’s not kilowatt per hour (kW/h), it’s kilowatt hours (kWh). It would be fine to say GW years, but then the question would be over how long? Most likely one year, which gives us GWy/y = GW.
Kilowatt per hour is not energy. It’s just power generated per hour. Energy would be kilowatt × hour.
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