kilowatt

[US]/'kɪləwɒt/
[UK]/ˈkɪləˌwɑt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. Kilowatt (unit of power)

Phrases & Collocations

kilowatt hour

Example Sentences

decibels above kilowatt

The air conditioner consumes 1 kilowatt of electricity per hour.

The wind turbine can generate 2 kilowatts of power.

The average household uses about 10 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day.

The solar panels produce 5 kilowatts of energy in ideal conditions.

The electric car has a motor with a peak power of 200 kilowatts.

The power plant has a capacity of 1000 kilowatts.

The industrial machinery requires a power supply of 50 kilowatts.

The generator can produce up to 20 kilowatts of backup power.

The electric kettle consumes 2 kilowatts of power when boiling water.

The power outage affected thousands of homes, cutting off their kilowatt supply.

Real-world Examples

" So to put that in perspective an average residential home is 4 kilowatts" .

Source: VOA Standard English_ Technology

Such an experimental system would deliver but a kilowatt of power, as a test.

Source: The Economist - Technology

A petawatt hour is a trillion kilowatt hours.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

The uranium provided seven trillion kilowatts of energy-enough to light the entire United States for two years.

Source: VOA Standard December 2013 Collection

A decent modern supercapacitor has a power density of several kilowatts per kilogram.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

This is because it would cost hundreds of dollars per kilowatt hour to operate.

Source: VOA Special January 2019 Collection

Compare that to El Salvador. Its annual electricity consumption is 5.35 billion kilowatt hours.

Source: BBC Listening Collection December 2015

And then we're using 11 kilowatt fiber lasers to actually melt the aluminum.

Source: PBS Business Interview Series

The Zhalashan power station will have an installed capacity of over 1.1 million kilowatts.

Source: CRI Online August 2023 Collection

And today the world generates about 25 trillion kilowatt hours of electricity each year.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

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