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Re:Wind Becomes Britain's Largest Electricity Source by benj111 on Monday September 09, 2024 @08:09AM (#41487777)
But watts are defined as Joules/second so it should be (Giga)Joules/second/hour
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Re:Wind Becomes Britain's Largest Electricity Source by otisv on Monday September 09, 2024 @08:43AM (#41487979)
A (Giga) Watt-hour is Watts multiplied by hours, not divided! Joules are the SI unit of energy, so you must multiply the wattage by an amount of time to get back an energy.
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