Megawatt (MW)
A megawatt is one million watts — the scale of wind turbines, data centers, and city power plants.
Megawatts quantify utility-scale generation, industrial loads, and regional electricity demand.
Megawatt to Kilowatt
Convert megawatt to kilowatt instantly. Type in either field — results update live.
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1 megawatt = 1,000 kilowatts
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Conversion table
Selected MW values converted to kW using the exact factor from this tool.
| MW | kW |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 10 |
| 0.1 | 100 |
| 1 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 2,000 |
| 3 | 3,000 |
| 5 | 5,000 |
| 10 | 10,000 |
| 20 | 20,000 |
| 50 | 50,000 |
| 100 | 100,000 |
| 1,000 | 1,000,000 |
How to convert
Exact conversion factors in both directions, plus a worked example.
1 MW = 1000 kW
1 kW = 0.001 MW
To convert megawatt to kilowatt, multiply by 1000.
To convert kilowatt to megawatt, multiply by 0.001.
Example: convert 10 MW to kW
10 × 1000 = 10000 kW
About these units
Short background on the units used in this conversion.
Kilowatt (kW)
A kilowatt is one thousand watts — a practical scale for motors, heaters, and grid-scale equipment.
Kilowatts describe EV charging rates, home HVAC capacity, and small generator output.
Frequently asked questions
How many kilowatts are in one megawatt?
One megawatt equals 1,000 kilowatts. Multiply your megawatts value by 1,000 to convert to kilowatts.
What is the conversion formula?
kW = MW × 1,000The reverse is
MW = kW × 0.001, using the same exact factors as this converter.Is this Megawatt to Kilowatt converter private?
Yes. All calculations run locally in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to a server.
All megawatt conversions
Jump to any power conversion starting from megawatt — including the reverse direction and every other unit in our dataset.
kilowatt (kW) → megawatt (MW)
megawatt (MW) → watt (W)megawatt (MW) → gigawatt (GW)megawatt (MW) → horsepower (mechanical / uk) (hp)megawatt (MW) → horsepower (metric) (metric hp)megawatt (MW) → horsepower (electric) (hp (electric))megawatt (MW) → british thermal unit (it) per hour (Btu/h)megawatt (MW) → ton (refrigeration) (TR)megawatt (MW) → exawatt (EW)megawatt (MW) → petawatt (PW)megawatt (MW) → terawatt (TW)megawatt (MW) → hectowatt (hW)megawatt (MW) → dekawatt (daW)megawatt (MW) → deciwatt (dW)megawatt (MW) → centiwatt (cW)megawatt (MW) → milliwatt (mW)megawatt (MW) → microwatt (µW)megawatt (MW) → nanowatt (nW)megawatt (MW) → picowatt (pW)megawatt (MW) → femtowatt (fW)megawatt (MW) → attowatt (aW)megawatt (MW) → horsepower (550 ft·lbf/s) (hp)megawatt (MW) → horsepower (boiler) (hp (boiler))megawatt (MW) → horsepower (water) (hp (water))megawatt (MW) → pferdestärke (ps) (PS)megawatt (MW) → british thermal unit (it) per minute (Btu/min)megawatt (MW) → british thermal unit (it) per second (Btu/s)megawatt (MW) → british thermal unit (thermochemical) per hour (Btu (th)/h)megawatt (MW) → british thermal unit (thermochemical) per minute (Btu (th)/min)megawatt (MW) → british thermal unit (thermochemical) per second (Btu (th)/s)megawatt (MW) → mega british thermal unit (it) per hour (MBtu/h)megawatt (MW) → mbh (thousand btu per hour)megawatt (MW) → kilocalorie (it) per hour (kcal/h)megawatt (MW) → kilocalorie (it) per minute (kcal/min)megawatt (MW) → kilocalorie (it) per second (kcal/s)megawatt (MW) → kilocalorie (thermochemical) per hour (kcal (th)/h)megawatt (MW) → kilocalorie (thermochemical) per minute (kcal (th)/min)megawatt (MW) → kilocalorie (thermochemical) per second (kcal (th)/s)megawatt (MW) → calorie (it) per hour (cal/h)megawatt (MW) → calorie (it) per minute (cal/min)megawatt (MW) → calorie (it) per second (cal/s)megawatt (MW) → calorie (thermochemical) per hour (cal (th)/h)megawatt (MW) → calorie (thermochemical) per minute (cal (th)/min)megawatt (MW) → calorie (thermochemical) per second (cal (th)/s)megawatt (MW) → foot pound-force per hour (ft·lbf/h)megawatt (MW) → foot pound-force per minute (ft·lbf/min)megawatt (MW) → foot pound-force per second (ft·lbf/s)megawatt (MW) → pound-foot per hour (lbf·ft/h)megawatt (MW) → pound-foot per minute (lbf·ft/min)megawatt (MW) → pound-foot per second (lbf·ft/s)megawatt (MW) → erg per second (erg/s)megawatt (MW) → kilovolt ampere (kV·A)megawatt (MW) → volt ampere (V·A)megawatt (MW) → newton meter per second (N·m/s)megawatt (MW) → joule per second (J/s)megawatt (MW) → exajoule per second (EJ/s)megawatt (MW) → petajoule per second (PJ/s)megawatt (MW) → terajoule per second (TJ/s)megawatt (MW) → gigajoule per second (GJ/s)megawatt (MW) → megajoule per second (MJ/s)megawatt (MW) → kilojoule per second (kJ/s)megawatt (MW) → hectojoule per second (hJ/s)megawatt (MW) → dekajoule per second (daJ/s)megawatt (MW) → decijoule per second (dJ/s)megawatt (MW) → centijoule per second (cJ/s)megawatt (MW) → millijoule per second (mJ/s)megawatt (MW) → microjoule per second (µJ/s)megawatt (MW) → nanojoule per second (nJ/s)megawatt (MW) → picojoule per second (pJ/s)megawatt (MW) → femtojoule per second (fJ/s)megawatt (MW) → attojoule per second (aJ/s)megawatt (MW) → joule per hour (J/h)megawatt (MW) → joule per minute (J/min)megawatt (MW) → kilojoule per hour (kJ/h)megawatt (MW) → kilojoule per minute (kJ/min)