Gigawatt hours to Kilogram calories calculator

Gigawatt hours to Kilogram calories Conversion Table

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• Gigawatt hour (3,600,000,000,000 J)

  The gigawatt hour (symbol GWh) is a unit of energy equal to 3,600,000 megajoules. If energy is transmitted or used at a constant rate (power) over a period of time, the total energy in gigawatt hours is equal to the power in gigawatt multiplied by the time in hours.

• Kilogram calorie (4,185 J)

  A calorie is a unit of energy. Various definitions exist but fall into two broad categories. The first, the small calorie, or gram calorie (symbol: cal), is defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius at a pressure of one atmosphere. The second, the large calorie or kilogram calorie (symbols: Cal, kcal), also known as the food calorie and similar names, is defined in terms of the kilogram rather than the gram. It is equal to 1000 small calories or 1 kilocalorie (symbol: kcal).