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How many kilowatts are in a kilowatt hour?

Answer:

The units are not interchangeable: a kilowatt is a unit of power, and a kilowatt-hour (one kilowatt applied for one hour) is a unit of energy.

Example:
A 100 watt bulb is, at any given time, using 0.1 kilowatts of energy. Using a 100 watt light bulb for one hour consumes 0.1 kilowatt-hours of electricity. Energy is only used by applying power for a finite period of time.

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