The gigawatt is equal to one billion (109) watts or 1 gigawatt = 1000 megawatts. This unit is sometimes used for large power plants or power grids. For example, by the end of 2010 power shortages in China's Shanxi province were expected to increase to 5–6 GW[7] and the installed capacity of wind power in Germany was 25.8 GW.[8] The largest unit (out of four) of the Belgian Nuclear Plant Doel has a peak output of 1.04 GW.[9] HVDC converters have been built with power ratings of up to 2 GW.[10] The London Array, the world's largest offshore wind farm, is designed to produce a gigawatt of power.[11]
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