kilowatt of electricity

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kilowatt
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɪl.ə.wɒt/
us
/ˈkɪl.ə.wɑːt/
a unit of power equal to ...
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electricity
noun[U]
uk
/ˌel.ɪkˈtrɪs.ə.ti/
us
/iˌlekˈtrɪs.ə.t̬i/
a form of energy that can be produced in several ways and that provides power to devices that create light, ...
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They do not ask that they shall have onekilowattofelectricity.
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We can take, for example, the production of a ton of steel or akilowattofelectricity, in which we are below the best in every modem industrial country.
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The capital cost required to produce the equivalent of a sent-out kilowatt in the gas world is about £8; the best capital cost for a sent-outkilowattofelectricityis £40.
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The average final price of eachkilowattofelectricitywill be 1000 rials (around 10 cents) in 2015.
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Just think of one million people going home and switching on 3 kilowatts of electricity!
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If you have a great generating station you can produce as many kilowatts of electricity as you like, but you cannot produce snore water than you can find.
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Preliminary estimates said the project would cost $900 million (1959 dollars) and generate 4.7 million kilowatts of electricity.
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In 2011 the school installed rooftop solar panels that generate a total of 40 kilowatts of electricity per hour.
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The powerhouse at the dam can generate 15,000 kilowatts of electricity.
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Five kilowatts of electricity could be produced by the librarys fuel cell, enough to power a typical home.
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These dams generate an average of 67,000 kilowatts of electricity in total.
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The system produced 22 kilowatts of electricity with a low-pressure turbine.
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It is powered by solar arrays which will generate 5.9 kilowatts of electricity at the end of the spacecraft's design life.
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The array will produce about 180 kilowatts of electricity for up to 10 months of the year.
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