megawatt-hour
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- noun
- /ˈmɛɡəˌwɑtˈaʊər/
- Specialized
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megavatio-hora
- Businesses in Brazil complain that they have paid up to 60 dollars per megawatt-hour.
- average cost per megawatt-hour
- cost per megawatt-hour
Examples
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" With the megawatt-hour at 35 dollars, it is possible to maintain aluminium production at the current levels.
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In an ongoing effort to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, EPA has stated that future power plants built in the U.S. cannot emit more than 1,000 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour.
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The average global cost of electricity stands at around 40 dollars per megawatt-hour.
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In Ontario, only a couple of megawatt-hours were generated.
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In 2005, $18 per megawatt-hour was comparable to the PTC for renewable resources.
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Scientists suggest the United States needs to reduce emissions to around 350 to 400 pounds per megawatt-hour to stabilize atmospheric concentrations.
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The proposed standards set an emissions standard of 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour—slightly more carbon intensive than combined cycle natural gas plants built today.
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The production tax credit (PTC) for new nuclear generation allows 6,000 megawatts of new nuclear capacity to earn $18 per megawatt-hour for the first eight years of operation.
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has said it expects to get around 606,650 megawatt-hours of energy annually from the planned photovoltaic solar operation beginning around 2015—enough to power about 118,000 homes.
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The average price of electricity in the region is approximately $50 per megawatt-hour.
Synonyms
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5.6
A unit of electrical energy equal to one million watt-hours that measures how much electricity is made or used
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4.0
A unit of energy equal to one million watts used for one hour
How Much Energy
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- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Megawatt-hour comes from three parts: mega- ('million'), watt (a unit for 'power'), and hour ('time'). So a megawatt-hour is like 'a million watts used for one hour', which is why we use it to measure how much electricity is used or produced.