GIGAWATT to WATT converter

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Units used

FULL UNIT NAME	gigawatt	watt
ABBREVIATION / SYMBOL	GW	W

How can you convert 1 gigawatt to watts?

How many watts are in one gigawatt? You can find out the answer in one of two ways:

use our calculator above for maximum accuracy or
use the following equation:

1 GW \times \frac{1.000000 \times 10^{9} W}{1 GW}

There are 1e9 watts in a gigawatt. Thus, we must multiply the number of gigawatts (1) by 1e9 to get watts.

Conversion table between gigawatts and watts near 1 GW:

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