Power
Rate of work, heat transfer and machinery output.
Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.
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Convert gigawatt (GW) to electrical horsepower (hp(E)). Enter a value for an instant result, or use the examples and reverse conversion below.
Rate of work, heat transfer and machinery output.
Try a decimal, 1e-9, 1/3, or 5 1/2.
Enter a gigawatt value to calculate electrical horsepower with full internal precision before display rounding.
Auto trims unnecessary zeroes and uses scientific notation for extreme magnitudes. Use Digits to set the display precision; calculations retain full precision.
| Unit | Symbol | Converted value |
|---|---|---|
| milliwattfrom GW | mW | 1000000000000 |
| wattfrom GW | W | 1000000000 |
| kilowattfrom GW | kW | 1000000 |
| megawattfrom GW | MW | 1000 |
| gigawattfrom GW | GW | 1 |
| mechanical horsepowerfrom GW | hp | 1341020 |
| metric horsepowerfrom GW | PS | 1359620 |
| electrical horsepowerfrom GW | hp(E) | 1340480 |
| boiler horsepowerfrom GW | hp(S) | 101942 |
| foot pound-force per secondfrom GW | ft·lbf/s | 737562000 |
| British thermal unit per hourfrom GW | BtuIT/h | 3412140000 |
| ton of refrigerationfrom GW | TR | 284345 |
SI symbols follow international notation. U.S. and Imperial measures are labelled separately where their values differ.
Gigawatt (GW) and electrical horsepower (hp(E)) are units of power. Use this page to convert in either direction.
| Gigawatt (GW) | Electrical Horsepower (hp(E)) |
|---|---|
| 1 GW | 1340480 hp(E) |
| 5 GW | 6702410 hp(E) |
| 10 GW | 13404800 hp(E) |
| 100 GW | 134048000 hp(E) |
Examples are rounded to 6 significant digits. The interactive converter retains full calculation precision; change Display Precision to see more digits.
hp(E) to GW (electrical horsepower to gigawatt)