Solar Power?
Question:
Total peak power of installed solar panels is around 5,300 MW as of the end of 2005. (IEA statistics appear to be underreported: they report 2,600 MW as of 2004, which with 1,700 installed in 2005 would be a cumulative total of 4,300 for 2005). These figures include only photovoltaic generated power and not that produced by other solar means. Inclusion of the U.S.'s solar reflector plants would double its total, putting it at the level of the second place country on the list.
Can soomeone please tell me what the MW stands for?
Answer:
1- MW-Mega Wat
2-Mega=10000000
3-Wat=unit of power
4-Mega Wat is unit to measure large amount of power which is consume from solar
MW stands for megawatts
If you go to google and search : MW solar power
look at the little summary under the first site. at the end, it says MW (megawatts)
megawatts
this may help too (especially if you are looking at the EIA energy estimates) www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/states.
1 MW of power=3,413,000 Btu/hr
keep in mind the estimates are in Trillion Btu. also keep in mind that these are per peak HOUR. i'm not sure how productive they are over the whole year. anyone else know?€
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