Convert Kwmonth to MWh

First KW-Month and MWh are different measures kilowatt-month (KW-month) is normally used to measure capacity. Megawatt hours (MWh) is a measure of energy. Using an airline as an analogy the number and size of planes would determine how many air travel miles it could possible carry passengers. This is its capacity. For electrical energy this ability to produce energy is measured in Kw-months. A small 1000 watt (1KW) generator sitting in a persons garage is 1KW of capacity. If that person sold the right to use that generator to a neighbor for a month then he\she has sold 1KW-month of capacity. In the electrical energy sector of the US this would be likely worth between $5 and $15.

Keep in mind this capacity charge is for the right to use the generator. Actually using it would incur additional costs of fuel and maintenance. The contract with the neighbor would need to include these also. The contract would have the charge for the capacity and another charge for the electrical energy actually used.

This little machine is only capable of producing 1KW running it at 1KW for one hour is 1kWh or one kilowatt hour around a dimes worth of power. Running this rate for a 1000 hours would produce one million watt hours or one megawatt hour (1MWh) Jerry Watson