2007 Associated Press Stylebook page 261 watt A unit of power, mostly associated with electricity. Electrical energy is measured in watt-hours (or kilowatt-hours or megawatt-hours). Do not use "megawatts per hour." Abbrev.: W, kW, MW.
I would imagine GW would be the same. Personally I would spell it out on first reference and is GW on on all further mentions. Stephen Mangum -- On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Stan Jakuba <[email protected]> wrote: > Another problem with an editor who "corrected" my manuscript by making > all GW into gigawatt-hours. Why? I quote: > > The Associated Press guidebook, which we follow, indicates that GW should > not be abbreviated, and instead be spelled out as gigawatt-hours. > > I am trying to get a copy of the AP guidebook or get an independent > confirmation of that W = Wh according to API. What a mess that Wh causes. > > Stan Jakuba > -- Stephen
