GC: n

CT: More than 11 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity have been installed in Japan over the past two years, when the country’s notable feed-in tariff incentive plan was launched, according to the country’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
To be exact, the number was 11,090 megawatts — installed in the period from July 2012 to the end of June 2014. Of that total figure, 10,880 MW of the installed capacity was via solar energy projects.
As it stands currently, Japan has approved 71,780 MW of renewable energy projects, with solar representing 96% of the approved capacity, according to METI data.

S: http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/30/11-gw-renewables-installed-japan-last-2-years/ (last access: 21 December 2014)

N: 1. From giga- (arbitrary word-forming element meaning “billion” in the metric system, 1947, from Greek gigas “giant”) and watt (unit of electrical power, 1882, in honor of James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer and inventor. The surname is from an old pet form of Walter and also is in Watson).
2. One billion watts; useful for describing the capacity of large electrical system.

S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=giga&searchmode=none; http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=watt&searchmode=none (last access: 21 December 2014). 2. TERMIUMPLUS.

SYN: GW

S: TERMIUMPLUS; GDT.

CR: electrical energy, energy, kilowatt, megawatt , watt .