KILOWATT


Meaning of KILOWATT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

kilowatt hour

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

hour

The Building Research Establishment give the following figures for the emission of carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour for different energy sources.

This year there are 10 suppliers charging an average of 5.9 cents a kilowatt hour .

It used capacity charges to directly recoup costs of building plant, and then it sold electricity by the kilowatt hour .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A coal-water facility has been assigned the $ 11 per kilowatt figure for a coal-oil mixture plant.

For example, 500, 000 was used in generating the cost per kilowatt of coal-natural gas units.

For four additional options considered, boiler conversion costs are estimated at $ 47 per kilowatt .

It takes about a kilowatt per person to maintain a technologically advanced civilization with a high standard of living.

People who are behind with their electricity bills could find themselves restricted to a consumption of as little as one kilowatt .

The coal-water mixture approach is assigned a $ 20 per kilowatt figure.

The plant affected, a 500,000 kilowatt pressurized light water reactor, began operation in 1972.

This is a saving compared to the $ 116 per kilowatt figure for a new coal boiler.

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