Megawatt hours to calories conversion table shows the most common values for the quick reference. Alternatively, you may use the converter below to convert any other values.
1 Megawatt Hour = 860 420 650 Calories
Megawatt hours is one million watts amount of power delivered in one hour. The abbreviation is "mwh".
Calorie is a metric energy unit and scientifically defined as the amount of energy to heat 1 gram of water to 1 celsius degree. As a unit of energy, it equals to 4.184 joules.
It is also called a "small calorie" when used in this context and abbreviated as "cal" (with small letters). But calorie in daily life is commonly used as a food energy (also known as large calorie and nutritional calorie) and abbreviated as "Cal" (with capital "C") to avoid confusion.
As a food energy, it is defined as the amount of energy to heat 1 kilogram of water to 1 celsius degree. This is 1000 times higher than the amount for scientific energy unit.
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