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 megawatt (MW) 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 megawatt 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 MW | mW | 1000000000 |
| wattfrom MW | W | 1000000 |
| kilowattfrom MW | kW | 1000 |
| megawattfrom MW | MW | 1 |
| gigawattfrom MW | GW | 0.001 |
| mechanical horsepowerfrom MW | hp | 1341.02 |
| metric horsepowerfrom MW | PS | 1359.62 |
| electrical horsepowerfrom MW | hp(E) | 1340.48 |
| boiler horsepowerfrom MW | hp(S) | 101.942 |
| foot pound-force per secondfrom MW | ft·lbf/s | 737562 |
| British thermal unit per hourfrom MW | BtuIT/h | 3412140 |
| ton of refrigerationfrom MW | TR | 284.345 |
SI symbols follow international notation. U.S. and Imperial measures are labelled separately where their values differ.
Megawatt (MW) and electrical horsepower (hp(E)) are units of power. Use this page to convert in either direction.
| Megawatt (MW) | Electrical Horsepower (hp(E)) |
|---|---|
| 1 MW | 1340.48 hp(E) |
| 5 MW | 6702.41 hp(E) |
| 10 MW | 13404.8 hp(E) |
| 100 MW | 134048 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 MW (electrical horsepower to megawatt)