Update: I am actually searching for really simple, intuitive ways to explain it. I have a background in engineering, but am struggling to explain why we “pay for kwh”, and not kw (on our electricity bill) to someone who doesn’t. I have tried in many ways but maybe I’m not giving the right examples or making the right comparisons. I am really searchig for a way to ELI5.
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Joules (J) is the unit of for energy.
A watt (W) is energy consumption per second, J/s.
kW is just 1000 watt.
Wh is again just energy, (J/s)*h = (J/s)*s*36000 = 3600 J
So kWh is 3600 kW which is 3.6 MW
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