115,000,000 kWh per year is equivalent to how many KW?

Question

I'm trying to convert because I want to compare our 6,587,200 (6587.2MW) substation capacity in terms of the power consumption of other areas/countries. Im not an engineer btw.

Answer 1

Actually the previous answers don't really help you if you are looking at capacity...

The maximum power you can produce at any one time is 6,587,200 kW. If you produce this much power for one hour, you have 6,587,200 kWh. But, plants typically only produce power to meet demand, to the actual power transmitted through a substation will be less than that.

It really comes down to a FLOW of power that you are referring to with 115,000,000 kWh per year. To meet this demand with your substation, the substation would have to transmit 13,128 kW continuously, every hour of the year. (115000000 / 8760 = 13127.854) Since the capacity of your substation is greater than this, it may work.

But, peak power demand is what may prevent your substation from being sufficient. Peak power demand usually occurs during working hours on weekdays, since this is when the most power is used by people running businesses, etc.

This is a complicated questions you asked, and I hope I gave you an understandable answer.

Answer 2

Divide the KWH by the number of hours and you will get KW

Answer 3

when u r working on some values, jus look at the units.. this onez got KWh but u want kw. all u do is divide it vith the number of hrs u r dealing vit. in this case, the number of hrs in a year. jus look at the units..

Answer 4

Yes, and yes to what both of the guys above said.
(115000 MWh / 1 year) * (1 year / 8760 hours) will give you MW.

Always set up your units as you multiply, to see if they will cancel out! ;)

6587.2 MW is huge, that is a big mother substation....