Power-Energy Units Confusion
Comments focus on correcting and debating confusions between power units like watts/kilowatts (instantaneous power) and energy units like watt-hours/kilowatt-hours (energy over time) in articles about consumption and utilities.
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They probably just meant kW instead of kWh.
Watts are a measure of instantaneous power, wouldn't the number of Watt-hours (or kWâ h) be more interesting in this context?
The units don't make sense. You might mean megawatt-hours?
Um, in units of WH or kWH pls ?
watt/hours is the typical measurement. Raw wattage is insufficient without a time component.
I'm assuming that should be kW and not kWh
I was put off by the following sentence:> ... 14.8 watts, or 129.65 kilowatt-hours - the metric commonly used by power companies ...It should say 129.65 kilowatt-hours PER YEAR. Without the time, it's like saying "a car goes at 50mph or 1000 miles". It's just nonsense.
Probably because power consumption of utilities are measured by watt, so watt/h gives more intuition on how much energy was consumed.
Surely we need to measure this in kWh?
You're right, I forgot that it was kWh already.