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Regarding units: power plant outputs are given in power units (e.g. watt, or megawatt, horsepower, etc.) because these are innately normalised to some unit of t
by sleavey 9y ago
Regarding units: power plant outputs are given in power units (e.g. watt, or megawatt, horsepower, etc.) because these are innately normalised to some unit of time (watt is a Joule per second). If you stated an output of 1 MWh, I would immediately ask "how long did it take to produce that?". I tiny solar cell that powers your calculator could generate 1 MWh eventually, but the problem is that it would take a very long time, so stating its output in power units gives you a better idea of its capability.
Fun fact: some horses are capable of about 10 horsepower.
- mehrdadn 9y ago> ...so stating its output in power units gives you a better idea of its capability. I think you misunderstood, because that was entirely my point—I was saying I don't get why they talk about MWh rather than MW when it makes more sense to talk about power rather than energy. [1] [1] https://www.vox.com/2015/11/9/9696820/renewable-energy-certificates https://www.vox.com/2015/11/9/9696820/renewable-energy-certi...
- sleavey 9y agoHaha, you're right. Sorry, I should have read more carefully!