What is power? How do you differentiate kilowatt from kilowatt hour? The Jog Falls in Karnataka state are nearly 40 m high. 2000 tones of water falls from it in a minute. Calculate the equivalent power if all this energy can be utilized? (g = 10 m s–2)
Power is the rate of doing work.
Power = work/ time
Kilowatt is the unit of power and kilowatt hour is the unit of energy.
Height of the fall = 40 m,
mass of water falling= 2000 × 103 kg = 2 × 106 kg
Thus, the equivalent power is 1.25 x 107 W