Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

MWc

English translation:

MWp

Added to glossary by Cath St Clair (X)
Oct 29, 2009 01:29
14 yrs ago
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French term

MWc

French to English Tech/Engineering Energy / Power Generation solar energy
Why is MWc used and what does it stand for? Why does it seem to be used more in French than in English on the web? Is it a specific unit for measuring solar energy?

It is used throughout the document:

"En France, nous avons pu référencer 35 MWC de projets qui ont tous obtenu les permis [...]"

"Puissance Installée 20 MWC"

"Le marché Français photovoltaïque était de 29 MWC en 2007"
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 MWp
3 Megawatts

Discussion

Travelin Ann Oct 29, 2009:
I'm not a solar expert nor an electrician, but the first thing that comes to mind with MW and power is megawatt. //Cath - I have found something that specifies "MW Crête" with reference to solar:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrale_solaire_photovoltaïque

Proposed translations

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Selected

MWp

Mega watt-crête = Mega watt-peak
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt-crête
Le watt-crête est une unité de mesure représentant la puissance électrique maximale délivrée par une installation photovoltaïque pour un ensoleillement standard de 1 000 W/m2 à 25 °C [1]. Elle est généralement exprimée par la dénomination Wc ou Wp (de l'anglais Watt-peak). L'utilisation principale de cette unité est la comparaison du rendement et du prix des matériaux photovoltaïques.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-10-29 02:47:02 GMT)
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It is used: http://tinyurl.com/yjrc94s
Note from asker:
Doh. There I was searching everything for a translation of MWc and the answer was staring me in the face: I've been translating wc as Wp throughout. Thanks for pointing it out :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Travelin Ann : makes sense according to my research//no problem - I had no confidence, as this is WAY outside my field!
12 mins
Merci, Travelin Ann! I should have given you credit.
agree chris collister : More usually written as MW pk (NB M&W MUST both be upper case!)
5 hrs
Merci, Chris!
agree Michael Watson
5 hrs
Merci, Michael!
agree Claire Cox
6 hrs
Merci, Claire!
agree Dr Lofthouse
13 hrs
Merci, Dr Lofthouse!
agree Verginia Ophof
14 hrs
Merci, Verginia!
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Megawatts

what else, its to measure solar energy, I see in this link the only energy with MWc is the solar one, maybe the c is for cellular or also it can be c for consuption...

good luck
http://www.goodplanet.info/goodplanet/index.php/eng/Energy-C...
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