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The Price Per Watt Will Drive Solar Main Stream

A Short Science Lesson for Journalists – Watts, Kilowatts, Megawatts, Kilowatt Hours.

Electric Meter Showing Power in kW and Energy in kWhWith us having to research so much information about solar and other renewable energy we came across an enormous number of articles in which no respect is given to the units of measure in which electric power and energy are being measured. In actual fact when the correct units of measure are not used the statements do not make any sense.

What do we mean? Much too often watt hour (Wh) and the derivatives kilowatts hour (kWh) and megawatts hour (MWh) – as a measure of produced energy – are used wrongly instead of watt (W) or it’s derivatives kilowatt (kW) and megawatt (MW) and the other way around.