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watt-hourThe power utilization for one hour measured in watts. Abbreviated "Wh," it is widely used to rate how long it takes for a battery to discharge. For smaller batteries, a milliwatt-hour (mWh) rating is used. For example, a 500 mWh battery means it will release 500 watts at a specific voltage for one hour before it is discharged. See ampere-hour and watt. watt-hour [′wät ¦au̇r] (electricity) A unit of energy used in electrical measurements, equal to the energy converted or consumed at a rate of 1 watt during a period of 1 hour, or to 3600 joules. Abbreviated Wh. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| That would be nearly 2,000 terawatt-hours (TWh) annually, or as much as the world's large-scale hydroelectric plants produce, Thorpe reported last December at the Fourth European Wave Energy Conference in Aalborg, Denmark. In the US alone, the available wave energy resource is estimated at 2,300 terawatt-hours per year or US$80. 4 terawatt-hours (trillion watt-hours) by 1995 and reduce peak demand by 12,800 megawatts, according to calculations by Howard Geller, associate director of the Washington, D. |
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