2006-07-25 12:25:54 · 3 answers · asked by Jared G 1 in Environment
A megawatt hour is enough electricity to serve 1,000 typical homes for one hour.
The average home uses approximately one megawatt-hour of electricity each month, or 12 megawatt-hours per year.
2006-07-25 12:31:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you asking how many households require a megawatt of power to operate??? The answer is NONE! That is a huge amount of power. Even the bigger homes, with AC running, electric dryers, stoves, etc. would require about 20 kilowatts at best. 1 megawatt supply would take care of about 50 of these homes, but a home that takes 20 Kilowatts would be some kind of house, and a very rare one. Most homes operate on about 10 kilowatts max. Good luck
2006-07-25 19:29:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm.... I believe that the "usual" power panel installed in modern homes is about 20,000 watts... so... 500 homes would be my guess... as a minimum.. because they won't be using the full 20,000 watts
2006-07-25 19:31:55 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋