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Convert the hydropower potential of 84 GW at 60% load factor into Trillion watts hour.

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Convert the hydropower potential of 84 GW at 60% load factor into Trillion watts hour.

(a) 441 TWh

(b) 735 TWh

(c) 553 TWh

(d) 345 TWh

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Right answer is (a) 441 TWh

The best I can explain: 1 TW (Trillion watt) = 1000 GW (Giga watt)

84 GW is equivalent to = 84 x 365 x 24 = 735,840 GW hour

At 60 % load factor = 735,840 x 0.6 = 441,504 GW hour = 441 TWh or 441 b KWh.

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