megawatt
megawatt
Definition
megawatt
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- electricity: At the moment some 725 megawatts of electricity are going out all the time to the province.
- capacity: Plans for about 150 megawatts of wind turbine capacity in the Tees Valley are already well advanced.
- power: These have projected megawatts of power from a full scale device.
- ': Comprising 140 turbines, the wind farm will generate 322 megawatts of electricity â enough to power 200,000 homes.
- energy: They are expected to provide 1,600 megawatts of energy.
Preposition: from
- turbine: You don't get thousands of megawatts from this turbine, but you do get tens and you get it quite quickly.
Converse of object
- generate: The power station at its base has the capacity to generate 2075 megawatts - enough to light up a third of Africa.
- install: In the UK, wind energy is the fastest growing energy sector creating jobs with every megawatt installed.
- produce: A single tower with two turbines should produce one megawatt of electricity - sufficient to power 500 homes.
- have: The board pointed out that he had 12 megawatts already and he did not need more.
- exceed: The European Wind Energy Association says that wind capacity now exceeds 8900 megawatts.
- provide: They are expected to provide 1,600 megawatts of energy.
Adjective modifier
- several: Power ratings can vary from a few kilowatts to several megawatts.
- few: Is it really worthwhile trying to squeeze a few more megawatts from hydro power in this way?
Modifies a noun
- turbine: The two megawatt wind turbines envisaged would be similar in size to those on Burgar Hill, Evie.
- hour: Yesterday evening, a megawatt hour was trading at an average of 260 pounds, compared to just 81 pounds on Monday evening.
- wind: The Property Division has also entered into a joint venture with Scottish Power to develop a 16 megawatt wind farm at Coldham in Cambridgeshire.
- reactor: According to government plans, a total of 32 new 1,000 megawatt reactors are expected to be brought on line by 2020.
- power: Eccleshall Biomass Farming for Energy is a proposal for a 2 megawatt power plant for the generation of electricity fuelled by energy crops.
- station: North Chesthill supports plans by Innogy Hydro to build a 1.1 megawatt power station adjacent to the burn at Invervar.
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