How to Use kilowatt in a Sentence

kilowatt

noun
  • Spring and summer prices have been about 8 cents per kilowatt hour.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
  • Economies of scale are also likely to play out in any pathway to 5¢ per kilowatt.
    — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2018
  • Cost to operate at 10 cents per kilowatt-hour is 2 cents per mile.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 2 June 2017
  • Some states require electricity to be resold at a price per minute rather than by the kilowatt.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The biggest ion thrusters in space are only about 4 1/2 kilowatts.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Rawlinson said that his vision over the next few years is to get to five miles per kilowatt-hour, which would be a feat.
    — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Five years ago, the lowest bid came in at 7 rupees, or 11 cents, per kilowatt-hour.
    — Geeta Anand, New York Times, 2 June 2017
  • Kansas is the least expensive state at 21 cents per kilowatt hour.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The new law will change the value of the credit to wholesale rates, which are about 5 cents less per kilowatt hour.
    — Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Its estimate is based on daily use of 30 kilowatt hours.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The charging rate would start at 50 cents per kilowatt hour and couldn’t rise without city approval.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
  • In the distant reaches of the asteroid belt, that will drop to 2 kilowatts.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Over the last few months, I’ve been charged rates as low as 8 cents and as high as 16 cents per kilowatt hour.
    — Alana Semuels, Time, 22 Dec. 2022
  • This compares to 13 cents per kilowatt hour in the United States.
    — Daniel Markind, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
  • By then, Tesla’s battery costs should be down to $125 per kilowatt-hour.
    — The Economist, 25 Sep. 2017
  • And yet the one obvious leap forward will not be measured only in kilowatts or charging times.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, solar costs have plummeted over the last decade—as low as 2-6 cents per kilowatt hour.
    — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • One is to do the new project the other one is to subsidize, or purchase kilowatt hours from, an existing plant.
    — Ryan Maye Handy, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The downside is that installing rooftop panels costs more per kilowatt of energy than putting panels in open land.
    — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The battery used in that vehicle ran around $1,000 a kilowatt-hour.
    — NBC News, 5 Dec. 2019
  • The average home uses 30 kilowatts a day.
    — Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Cars and SUVs are built with metal and data, kilowatts and torque.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The units draw, and store in a battery, power from the grid or a renewable source—up to 180 kilowatt hours.
    — Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • It’s expected to be about 56 cents per kilowatt hour of use, starting in the June billing cycle.
    — News Service Of Florida, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
  • Besides, the Falcon is more than just sheer kilowatts-per-kilogram potency.
    — New Atlas, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Typically, the least expensive way to do that, per kilowatt, is with a home charger, experts say.
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 3 May 2026
  • Server racks that once consumed perhaps 15 kilowatts of power now eat up five or even 10 times that amount.
    — Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
  • That means that each rack needs more kilowatts of energy, and ultimately generates more heat.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Nov. 2025
  • User rates for the new stations are 25 cents per kilowatt/hour for the first two hours, and $1 per kilowatt/hour thereafter.
    — John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Called the Arma, the shuttle is powered by a 33 kilowatt-hour battery pack that can be charged in five to eight hours.
    — Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2017

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