How to Use megawatt in a Sentence
megawatt
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Before the storm the rate was $50 per megawatt hour, the suit states.
— Marlene Lenthang, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2021 -
Instead, Texas capped the rate at $9,000 per megawatt-hour.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2022 -
The chanteuse's megawatt smile captured the hearts of many during her short time with us.
— Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 12 May 2022 -
Duckie Thot turned 26 last week, and showed off a megawatt look just days ago.
— Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2021 -
Crusoe will have about 200 megawatts by year’s end, Lochmiller said.
— Belle Lin, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023 -
Five to eight acres is needed for each megawatt of solar.
— Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Oct. 2020 -
That price compared with normal rates of about $25 to $30 per megawatt-hour.
— Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2021 -
By the 1990s, stars and brands were teaming up to bring pricy couture to megawatt events.
— Emily Zauzmer, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2022 -
Costs have increased more than 50% in the last two years to $89 per megawatt hour, the company said.
— Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023 -
For context, one megawatt is enough to meet the demand of roughly 750 homes.
— Justine Calma, The Verge, 28 Nov. 2023 -
The standard rate paid for Glen Canyon’s low-cost power is $30 per megawatt hour.
— Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2022 -
One megawatt is enough to supply about 250 homes with power.
— Ryan Randazzo, azcentral, 8 Aug. 2019 -
Then came Colorado football coach Deion Sanders, the flashy former star with the megawatt smile.
— Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023 -
By Friday, the price declined to as little as $38 per megawatt hour.
— Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2020 -
Next Gala in October of 2023, matching in black and with megawatt smiles.
— Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 13 Sep. 2024 -
Issa Rae matched her clothes to her megawatt smile while out in New York City this morning.
— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2023 -
Statewide, the market was clearing at less than $100 per megawatt hour, and the market was in balance.
— Ed Hirs, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021 -
The goal is to have industrial scale turbines of 15 to 20 megawatts each, Dr. Dagher said.
— David Sharp and Jennifer McDermott, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2024 -
The cost of offshore wind turbines has fallen about 80 percent over the last two decades, to as low as $50 a megawatt-hour.
— New York Times, 7 June 2021 -
One megawatt is enough to power about 200 homes during a hot summer day in Texas.
— L.m. Sixel, Houston Chronicle, 9 Aug. 2019 -
The request for proposals seeks up to 2,000 megawatts of offshore wind.
— Stephen Singer, courant.com, 1 Oct. 2019 -
One megawatt powers about 200 homes during a hot summer day in Texas.
— L.m. Sixel, Houston Chronicle, 11 Nov. 2019 -
The plant has a capacity of 1,295 megawatts, enough to power more than a million homes.
— Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 2 Dec. 2023 -
The price of natural gas in Europe hit an all-time high on March 7, briefly touching €345 per megawatt-hour.
— Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2022 -
Yes, that's her megawatt smile featured at the end of nearly every NBC Olympic promo.
— Will Graves, Chron, 20 May 2021 -
Her diamond stud earrings and megawatt smile, of course.
— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 13 Sep. 2022 -
Encrusted with rhinestones that crept onto the shoulders like epaulets and a crystal fringe that traced the bodice, the dress was megawatt.
— Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2021 -
Wind power has an average of $40 per megawatt-hour, down from $41.
— Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 2 Nov. 2020 -
The company says sand battery projects are scalable up to 1,000 megawatt hours.
— Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2022 -
Restarting Unit 1 will mean bringing 800 megawatts back onto the grid, greater than the amount of hydroelectric power supplied by the Hoover Dam.
— Rob Wile, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
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