The electrical unit of power which equals 1,000 watts or 1.341 horsepower. Since one watt equals one Joule per second, a kilowatt equals 1,000 joules per second. The Kilowatt-Hour (KWH) is the basic unit of electric energy. It equals 1 kilowatt of power applied for 1 hour.
KILOWATT (KW)
Meaning of KILOWATT (KW) in English
Environmental engineering English vocabulary. Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга. 2012