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ENERGY

Power

Rate of work, heat transfer and machinery output.

GW
hp(S)

Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.

ResultGW → hp(S)Convert gigawatt to boiler horsepower
HOW IT IS CALCULATED

Convert through watt

Enter a gigawatt value to calculate boiler horsepower with full internal precision before display rounding.

Display precisionAuto · 12 significant digits

Auto keeps up to 12 significant digits, trims unnecessary zeroes, and switches to scientific notation for extreme magnitudes.

QUICK REFERENCE

All units in this quantity

UnitSymbolConverted value
milliwattfrom GWmWInteractive
wattfrom GWWInteractive
kilowattfrom GWkWInteractive
megawattfrom GWMWInteractive
gigawattfrom GWGWInteractive
mechanical horsepowerfrom GWhpInteractive
metric horsepowerfrom GWPSInteractive
electrical horsepowerfrom GWhp(E)Interactive
boiler horsepowerfrom GWhp(S)Interactive
foot pound-force per secondfrom GWft·lbf/sInteractive
British thermal unit per hourfrom GWBtuIT/hInteractive
ton of refrigerationfrom GWTRInteractive

SI symbols follow international notation. U.S. and Imperial measures are labelled separately where their values differ.