How can I convert kwh/m2 to kw/m2?

@math202, you can divide the kWh by the number of measurement hours to convert to its average kW.

Note that the distinction between energy and power is important. The kWh is a unit of energy, while the kW is the derivative of energy with respect to time: the rate of energy per unit time. An analogy would be energy is like distance travelled (100 km), while power is like speed - the rate of that distance (100 km/hr) - whose average can be calculated by dividing distance by time. Also note that you can only calculate the average speed this way, even though the actual speed may vary over the course of the trip - same for deriving power from energy with only total kWh and time.

So 1 kWh means we are sustaining a constant rate of 1 kW per hour. If that 1 kWh is measured over one hour, then the average power is 1 kW, but if it’s over ten hours, then it’s average power is 0.1 kW. Since it looks like your analysis output is measured hourly, your kWh is equal to its kW (X kWh / 1h = X kW).

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