Megawatt-hours (MWh)
The megawatt-hour is 1,000 kWh, used for wholesale electricity prices and large batteries.
Convert megawatt-hours to any energy unit
1 megawatt-hour = 3,600,000,000 joules
Quick facts
- Unit
- Megawatt-hour (plural: megawatt-hours)
- Symbol
- MWh
- Measures
- Energy / Work / Heat
- System
- Electrical
- Equals
- 3,600,000,000 joules
- Definition
- 1,000 kWh (3.6 GJ).
1 megawatt-hour in other units
| Joules | 3,600,000,000 J |
| Kilocalories | 860,420.6501 kcal |
| Kilowatt-hours | 1,000 kWh |
| British thermal units | 3,412,141.633 BTU |
| Calories | 860,420,650.1 cal |
| Kilojoules | 3,600,000 kJ |
| Calories (food) | 860,420.6501 Cal |
| Electronvolts | 2.2469433 × 1028 eV |
What is a megawatt-hour?
The megawatt-hour is 1,000 kWh, used for wholesale electricity prices and large batteries. A wind turbine produces several MWh per hour at full output.
Where the megawatt-hour sits among energy units
The megawatt-hour is number 72 of 99 on our scale of energy units, ordered from smallest to largest.
Megawatt-hours in real life
One megawatt-hour is about the energy of a ton of TNT, or about the energy of 3.6 lightning bolts, or about the energy of 105 liters of gasoline, or about 9.5% of the energy in a US household's yearly electricity.
Top megawatt-hour conversions
- Megawatt-hours to joules
- Megawatt-hours to kilocalories
- Megawatt-hours to kilowatt-hours
- Megawatt-hours to British thermal units
- Megawatt-hours to calories
- Megawatt-hours to kilojoules
- Megawatt-hours to Calories (food)
- Megawatt-hours to electronvolts
- Megawatt-hours to watt-hours
- Megawatt-hours to foot-pounds
- Megawatt-hours to megajoules
- Megawatt-hours to therms
Common amounts of megawatt-hours
Convert megawatt-hours to all 98 other units
Metric (SI)
Electrical
Calories
- MWh to kcal
- MWh to cal
- MWh to Cal
- MWh to cal_IT
- MWh to Gcal
- MWh to Mcal
- MWh to cal₁₅
- MWh to th
- MWh to cal₂₀
- MWh to cal_mean
BTU & therms
- MWh to BTU
- MWh to thm
- MWh to MMBtu
- MWh to MBtu
- MWh to Dth
- MWh to quad
- MWh to thm (EC)
- MWh to BTU_th
- MWh to BTU₅₉
- MWh to CHU
- MWh to Q
- MWh to BTU₃₉
- MWh to BTU₆₀
- MWh to BTU_mean
Mechanical
- MWh to ft⋅lbf
- MWh to erg
- MWh to in⋅lbf
- MWh to hp⋅h
- MWh to L⋅atm
- MWh to kgf⋅m
- MWh to ft⋅pdl
- MWh to in⋅ozf
- MWh to PS⋅h
- MWh to cm³⋅atm
- MWh to ft³⋅atm
- MWh to ft³⋅psi
Atomic & physics
- MWh to eV
- MWh to MeV
- MWh to GeV
- MWh to keV
- MWh to TeV
- MWh to Eh
- MWh to kJ/mol
- MWh to kcal/mol
- MWh to meV
- MWh to cm⁻¹
- MWh to EP
- MWh to PeV
- MWh to Ry
- MWh to EeV
- MWh to K·k_B
- MWh to foe
- MWh to h·Hz
Fuel & explosive equivalents
- MWh to BOE
- MWh to t TNT
- MWh to toe
- MWh to kt
- MWh to Mt
- MWh to cubic foot of natural gas
- MWh to GGE
- MWh to Mtoe
- MWh to cubic meter of natural gas
- MWh to tce
- MWh to ktoe
- MWh to liter of gasoline
- MWh to Gt
- MWh to g TNT
- MWh to kg TNT
- MWh to MMBOE
- MWh to kBOE
- MWh to DGE
Everyday comparisons
Convert to megawatt-hours
- Joules to megawatt-hours
- Kilocalories to megawatt-hours
- Kilowatt-hours to megawatt-hours
- British thermal units to megawatt-hours
- Calories to megawatt-hours
- Kilojoules to megawatt-hours
- Calories (food) to megawatt-hours
- Electronvolts to megawatt-hours
- Watt-hours to megawatt-hours
- Foot-pounds to megawatt-hours
- Megajoules to megawatt-hours
- Therms to megawatt-hours
Frequently asked questions
What is a megawatt-hour?
The megawatt-hour is 1,000 kWh, used for wholesale electricity prices and large batteries.
How is the megawatt-hour defined?
1,000 kWh (3.6 GJ).
How many joules are in a megawatt-hour?
One megawatt-hour equals 3,600,000,000 joules.
How many kilocalories are in a megawatt-hour?
One megawatt-hour equals 860,420.6501 kilocalories.
How many kilowatt-hours are in a megawatt-hour?
One megawatt-hour equals 1,000 kilowatt-hours.