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How to convert energy
Energy is a quantity, while power is a rate. Calories here are thermochemical; the Btu choice uses the international-table definition.
Multiply by the source unit factor to get the base quantity, then divide by the target factor. The other-units table compares the same value without retyping it.
A worked example
1 kilowatt-hour = 1000 watts × 3600 seconds = 3.6 megajoules.
Before you use the result
Displayed values are rounded; extra digits do not make your measurement more accurate. Energy is a quantity, while power is a rate. Calories here are thermochemical; the Btu choice uses the international-table definition.
kilowatt-hours (kWh) to megajoules (MJ): reference values
| kilowatt-hours (kWh) | megajoules (MJ) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 3.6 |
| 10 | 36 |
| 100 | 360 |
Calculated with the same conversion as the tool above.
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