How many households can 1 GWh power for a year?
1 GWh is enough electricity for more than 95 American households for a whole year.
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How we calculated it
1,000,000 kWh ÷ 10,500 kWh per American household = 95.24
Based on: An average American home uses about 10,500 kWh of electricity a year. Figures are rounded; treat the result as a sense of scale, not an exact count.
Other ways to picture it
- 1 GWh is the fuel energy of more than 1 Boeing 747 flight from New York to London.