Definition of "kw-hr" []

• A unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The very best batteries available today can store about 0.4 MJ/kg (0.05 kw-hr/lb) including the cases and safety systems."
• "As indicated in Table 2, the fissioning of 1 gram of U-235 releases 2.28 x 104 kw-hr of heat, which is equivalent to the heat of combustion of 3 tons of coal or of 13 barrels of oil."
• "The total of 8.5 X 1015 kw-hr of heat for the fuels of the United States represents about a third of the fossil fuels of the world."